What: After months of testing, Walmart has determined that autonomous trucks offer an "efficient, safe and sustainable solution" for transporting goods. Trucks are supplied by Gatik, a relatively new company for automated, self-driving trucks handling short-haul logistics.

Why it is important: The autonomous trucks are supposed to help meet the increasing online demand, keep delivery times short, and compensate for driver shortages.

Since July 2019, Walmart has been testing Gatik’s driverless truck with a safety driver in the vehicle. Last August, the safety driver was removed from the vehicle. The driverless trucks have been making repeated delivery runs per day, seven days a week on public roads.

At Walmart, B-to-b Deliveries Going Driverless