# PepsiCo signed a multi-year agreement with Gatik to run autonomous freight in its North America supply chain, already operating across Texas, Arizona and Arkansas

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20260609-truck-driver-2
Date: 2026-06-09 · Stage: Deployment
Can this record move a task judgement? yes
Occupation: https://flyvolo.ai/en/careers/truck-driver

## Scope

US middle-mile freight between distribution centres, warehouses and stores in three states — not long-haul, not unmapped routes, not the last mile. PepsiCo's release says 'hundreds of pickup and drop-off locations' and does not give a count; it also does not say whether a safety observer rides in the cab on these routes. Gatik's own release of 27 January 2026 states that its driverless trucks 'operate without a driver or safety observer', but names Fortune 50 retailers rather than PepsiCo — so driverless operation for PepsiCo specifically is not established here. Both documents are the companies' own announcements of their own deal.

## Source

- PepsiCo — press release, 2026-06-08: multi-year agreement with Gatik for autonomous freight in North America — https://www.pepsico.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026/pepsico-and-gatik-announce-multi-year-agreement-to-deploy-autonomous-freight-in-north-america (primary source)

## What this means

Autonomous middle-mile freight is now under a multi-year commercial agreement on fixed routes in three states, though whether PepsiCo's trucks run with no one in the cab is not established. Neither release puts a number on remote supervision, and PepsiCo's does not say whether a safety observer rides in the cab.

## What it does not show yet

It does not mean long-haul driving is going. These are mapped middle-mile lanes; the yard manoeuvring, load responsibility and trip exceptions that make up much of a driver's day are not in scope, and neither is any route that has not been surveyed.

## How to verify it yourself

Ask a freight operator in your region whether any driver-out lane runs where you drive, and what the remote-supervisor-to-truck ratio is on it. If nobody can name a lane, the deployment has not reached you yet.


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