Volvo and Waabi begin freight operations for Warp in Texas

Their first joint customer operation carries freight between Dallas and Houston with an observer in the driver’s seat.

Marcus Reid
October 6, 2026
Robotics, Industry
1 min

An overhead view shows rows of freight trucks parked in a lot with several trucks in the access lane — Illustrative freight lot photograph by Nigel Tadyanehondo published April 14, 2017 on Unsplash

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Volvo Autonomous Solutions and Waabi announced on October 5 that their partnership has begun transporting freight for Warp in Texas. Volvo’s statement calls it their first joint customer operation.

The Volvo VNL Autonomous uses the Waabi Driver to move goods between Dallas and Houston, including deliveries to third party facilities. An observer remains in the driver’s seat.

A new customer milestone

Warp combines smaller shipments and full truckloads within one freight network. The announcement does not give the first haul date, fleet size or a schedule for removing onboard observers.

Waabi had already described commercial freight on this corridor in September. The new announcement concerns Warp’s use of the joint service.

ByteForward also covered research on the costs of physical automation.

Illustrative photograph “aerial photography of freight truck lot” by Nigel Tadyanehondo on Unsplash, published April 14, 2017 under the Unsplash License. It does not show the announced operation. The site converted the supplied JPEG to WebP without local edits.

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