Canadian Grocery Giant Loblaw deploys Gatik’s fully driverless trucks on Toronto streets

05 Dec Canadian Grocery Giant Loblaw deploys Gatik’s fully driverless trucks on Toronto streets

Gatik and Loblaw make history with the first fully driverless deployment in Canada. (Photo: Business Wire)

Gatik, the market leader in autonomous middle mile logistics, have announced the launch of its fully driverless commercial operations with Canada’s leading food and pharmacy retailer, Loblaw Companies Limited. Gatik is now moving select online grocery orders, for Loblaw’s PC Express service, with a fleet of multi-temperature autonomous box trucks.

Since January 2020, Loblaw and Gatik have transported more than 150,000 autonomous deliveries (with a safety driver on board), with a 100 percent safety record. Gatik’s fully driverless deployment represents the first time that an autonomous trucking company has removed the safety driver from a daily delivery route in Canada, unlocking the true advantages of autonomous delivery for Loblaw’s customers. Autonomous delivery enables Loblaw to operate more routes and make more frequent trips, establishing a supply chain that is safer, more sustainable and more resilient.

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