Enhancing truck-sensor modularity

Kodiak Robotics' fifth-generation sensor stack and new SensorPods boost sensor and GPU performance and improve power efficiency.

Kodiak Robotics introduced what it claims is an industry-first at the 2023 Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo: an autonomous Class 8 truck that is fully electric. Kodiak upfitted a Peterbilt Model 579EV electric truck with its latest SAE Level 4 automated-driving system, the Kodiak Driver.

“It is the first-ever autonomous electric truck, not only for Kodiak but for the industry,” Michael Wiesinger, VP of commercialization for the five-year-old autonomous-tech startup, told Truck & Off-Highway Engineering during a vehicle walkaround in Anaheim, California.