Bot Auto · self-driving truck
Bot Auto autonomous truck
retrofitted Freightliner
Conventional diesel Freightliner tractors that Houston start-up Bot Auto converts with its own sensors and software. It sells capacity as transportation-as-a-service through brokers.
- Price
- —service only, not sold
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- In serviceSince 2025-09
- Fleet
- 12Reported; details below
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
Bot Auto says its 29 April 2026 Houston-to-Dallas run was the first US commercial truckload delivered with no one in the cab, no in-cab observer and no low-latency remote driving.
Real-world use
After a driverless 40-mile validation run in Houston in September 2025, one of its 12 retrofitted tractors hauled a 230-mile overnight load for broker Ryan Transportation from Houston to Hutchins, near Dallas, on 29 April 2026.
Maker
Bot AutoCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Driverless in service
- Where it runs
- Houston-Dallas and Houston-San Antonio, Texas
- Driverless since
- 2025-09
- Fleet
- 12 retrofitted Freightliner tractors (Transport Topics, 2026)
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
Public attention
How much public attention Bot Auto autonomous truck (retrofitted Freightliner) gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
- 1 reported deployment
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.
From the maker
Bot Auto autonomous truck (retrofitted Freightliner) is the only vehicle from Bot Auto in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedservice only, not sold
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Where it works
1 reported deployment.
- Deployed
Bot Auto with Ryan Transportation · Houston · since 2026-04 · 12 units
Houston-based Bot Auto hauled commercial freight 231 miles from northeast Houston to Hutchins near Dallas with no one on board on 29 April 2026; it also runs Houston-San Antonio freight. 12 tractors (FreightWaves, Apr 2026) FreightWaves
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | Bot Auto autonomous truck (retrofitted Freightliner)Bot Auto |  Aurora Driver first-generation truck (PACCAR Peterbilt / Kenworth)Aurora Innovation with PACCARSame jobs: freight, long-haul trucking · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Volvo VNL Autonomous powered by the Waabi DriverWaabi with Volvo Autonomous SolutionsSame jobs: freight, long-haul trucking · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  International LT with PlusAI SuperDrivePlusAI with International Motors (TRATON)Same jobs: freight, long-haul trucking · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
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| First shown | 2025-09 | 2025-05-01 | 2025-10 | 2025-11 |
| Status | Pilot use | Commercial | Pilot use | Pilot use |
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| Payload | — | — | — | — |
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Sources
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