Roush Industries Inc. has delivered the first autonomous truck off of its Livonia production to Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. in Austin, Tex. The vehicle is equipped with Kodiak Driver, a driverless system by Kodiak Robotics in Mountain View, Calif.
Roush and Kodiak say they intend to scale production into the hundreds of trucks by the end of 2026.
“Delivering the first Roush-upfit truck shows how our contract manufacturing process can meet Kodiak’s high standards while supporting its ability to scale,” says Brad Rzetelny, vice president of contract manufacturing at Roush. “We’re playing an important role in putting this technology where it belongs: into commercial service.”
Kodiak announced its manufacturing partnership with Roush in June 2025. Since then, Roush has established a dedicated production line to scale the upfitting of trucks equipped with the Kodiak Driver.
The manufacturing process includes upfitting trucks with the Kodiak Driver’s modular, vehicle-agnostic hardware, including its proprietary SensorPods, AI compute, Actuation Control Engine (ACE) safety compute, and redundant actuation systems.
“Taking delivery of the first Roush-upfitted truck is another example of how the future of freight is arriving,” says Don Burnette, founder and CEO, Kodiak. “The speed and quality of Roush’s work confirm why we are confident they’re the right partner to help us transform the freight and logistics market at scale.”
