Autonomous Solutions
Autonomous Solutions
Autona/freight is our comprehensive autonomous transport solution, offering a new mode of long-haul hub-to-hub trucking.
The transportation industry faces significant challenges, including rising freight demand and a critical shortage of skilled drivers. Autona/freight addresses these challenges through an autonomous transport-as-a-service model, providing flexible, off-balance-sheet capacity—meaning you pay for the autonomous transport capacity you need.
Autona/freight is more than just self-driving trucks; it delivers the entire ecosystem necessary for safe and efficient autonomous transportation. This includes uptime management, operational support, and terminals. By managing all these complex elements, Autona/freight simplifies your step into autonomy, allowing you to incorporate this advanced technology into your business without managing the operational complexity.
Whether you’re a shipper, carrier, logistics provider, or freight broker, our complete autonomous transport solution gives you the opportunity to be at the forefront of industry transformation.
The Volvo VNL Autonomous is a purpose-built autonomous truck leveraging Volvo Group’s technology platform. It features six redundant systems covering braking, steering, communication, vehicle motion management, and power management & energy storage to enable safe autonomous operations.
The Volvo VNL Autonomous is integrated with the Aurora Driver, Aurora’s industry-leading SAE L4 autonomous system which will allow the truck to drive without anybody behind the wheel.
Our integrated approach connects autonomous trucks, terminals, dealers, and customers via a centralized system, enabling optimized fleet management.
Terminals at strategic locations centralize operations and optimize transport flows, with the aim of maximizing efficiency and time on the road.
Our dedicated operations team handles planning, scheduling, monitoring, and fleet control, in an effort to maximize reliability and operational performance.
Uptime is the combination of the proactive and reactive actions our team takes to keep our fleet of autonomous trucks operational—our goal is to keep you and your transport mission running smoothly.
The Volvo VNL Autonomous, our first truck specifically designed for autonomous operations, is at the heart of Autona/freight. Engineered with safety as its core, it features six critical redundant systems for braking, steering, communication, vehicle motion management, computation, and power management. Deeply integrated with Aurora's advanced self-driving technology, the Aurora Driver, the Volvo VNL Autonomous is setting a new standard for safe autonomous trucking.
