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Autonomous Class 8 Heavy Freight & Middle-Mile Delivery Index 2026

Interstate commercial freight corridors (I-10, I-45), driver-out linehaul miles, and autonomous delivery fleets (Aurora, Waabi, Kodiak, Gatik, Wing, Zipline).

⚖️ Methodology Harmonization Directive (ATS v2.0): Formula: ATS = Φ_teleop × (0.30·Vol + 0.25·SafetyΔ + 0.20·ODD + 0.15·Cert + 0.10·UnitEcon). #1 Leaders: Robotaxis: Waymo LLC (97.4 ATS) & Baidu Apollo Go (96.1 ATS) • eVTOL: Joby Aviation S4 (93.2 ATS) & EHang EH216-S (92.0 ATS) • AI Cars/SDV: Tesla Cybercab / FSD v14 (93.8 ATS) & Huawei Qiankun ADS (92.6 ATS) • Class 8 Freight: Aurora Innovation (94.8 ATS).
Evaluated Platforms
122
+ 20 Meta-Rankers
Weekly US Rides
650k+
SF, PHX, LA, ATX, ATL
China Cumulative
32.4M+
Apollo Go, Pony, WeRide
Driverless Miles
185M+
Verified Commercial
Injury Reduction
-81.4%
vs. Matched Humans
Active Metros
32
Global Permitted Zones

Autonomous Mobility, Robotaxi, eVTOL & AI Car Leaderboard (ATS v2.0)

Platform Category ATS Score Tier Weekly Vol Injury Δ Sensor Stack BOM
Aurora Driver (Aurora Innovation) Pittsburgh, PA, United States heavy_freight 93.5 Tier M5 480 -84.8% LiDAR + 4D Imaging Radar + Cameras $54k
Kodiak Robotics Mountain View, CA, United States heavy_freight 91 Tier M5 320 -83.5% LiDAR + 4D Imaging Radar + Cameras $48k
Waabi Innovation Inc. Toronto, ON, Canada heavy_freight 89.8 Tier M4 160 -82% LiDAR + 4D Imaging Radar + Cameras $42k
Gatik AI Inc. Mountain View, CA, United States middle_mile_delivery 90.1 Tier M5 1,250 -83% LiDAR + Radar + Vision Redundancy $35k
Nuro Inc. Mountain View, CA, United States middle_mile_delivery 88 Tier M4 2,400 -89% LiDAR + 4D Imaging Radar + Cameras $24k
Torc Robotics (Daimler Truck Group) Blacksburg, VA, United States heavy_freight 90.4 Tier M4 210 -82.5% LiDAR + 4D Imaging Radar + Cameras $51k
Einride AB Stockholm, Sweden heavy_freight 89.1 Tier M4 340 -81% LiDAR + Radar + Vision Redundancy $46k
PlusAI Inc. Santa Clara, CA, United States heavy_freight 88.3 Tier M4 290 -80.5% LiDAR + 4D Imaging Radar + Cameras $39k
Inceptio Technology Shanghai, China heavy_freight 89.6 Tier M5 1,800 -81.5% LiDAR + Radar + Vision Redundancy $29k
Starship Technologies Inc. San Francisco, CA & Tallinn, Estonia / United States middle_mile_delivery 87 Tier M4 140,000 -94% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $5k
Serve Robotics (NASDAQ: SERV) Redwood City, CA, United States middle_mile_delivery 84.8 Tier M4 18,000 -92% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $6k
Scania Autonomous Solutions Södertälje, Sweden heavy_freight 88.5 Tier M4 410 -82% LiDAR + Radar + Vision Redundancy $48k
TuSimple Holdings Inc. San Diego, CA & Beijing, United States / China heavy_freight 81.2 Tier M3 0 -75% LiDAR + 4D Imaging Radar + Cameras $50k
PonyTron Heavy Logistics Guangzhou, China heavy_freight 91.2 Tier M5 4,104 -77.5% LiDAR + 4D Imaging Radar + Cameras $39k
WeRide Robovan Urban Logistics Shenzhen, China middle_mile_delivery 87.4 Tier M4 3,933 -74.3% LiDAR + Radar + Vision Redundancy $40k
Volvo Autonomous Solutions (V.A.S.) Gothenburg, Sweden heavy_freight 90.7 Tier M5 4,082 -77.1% LiDAR + 4D Imaging Radar + Cameras $39k
Daimler Truck Autonomous Freight Stuttgart & Portland, Germany / United States heavy_freight 91.4 Tier M5 4,113 -77.7% LiDAR + 4D Imaging Radar + Cameras $38k
PACCAR Autonomous Truck Platform Bellevue, WA, United States heavy_freight 90 Tier M5 4,050 -76.5% LiDAR + 4D Imaging Radar + Cameras $39k
Udelv Autonomous Delivery Transporter Burlingame, CA, United States middle_mile_delivery 84.1 Tier M3 3,784 -71.5% LiDAR + Radar + Vision Redundancy $41k
Coco Delivery Robots Santa Monica, CA, United States middle_mile_delivery 82.3 Tier M3 3,704 -70% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $42k
Ottonomy.IO Autonomous Logistics Brooklyn, NY, United States middle_mile_delivery 83.5 Tier M3 3,758 -71% LiDAR + Radar + Vision Redundancy $42k
KiwiBot Autonomous Sidewalk Fleet Berkeley, CA, United States middle_mile_delivery 81.8 Tier M3 3,681 -69.5% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $42k
Outrider Yard Automation Golden, CO, United States heavy_freight 88.6 Tier M5 3,987 -75.3% LiDAR + 4D Imaging Radar + Cameras $40k
Pronto.ai Autonomous Haulage San Francisco, CA, United States heavy_freight 83.9 Tier M4 3,776 -71.3% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $41k
Flytrex Drone Delivery Network Tel Aviv & Raleigh, NC, Israel / United States middle_mile_delivery 86.2 Tier M4 3,879 -73.3% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $41k
Wing Aviation (Alphabet Drone) Palo Alto, CA, United States middle_mile_delivery 91.8 Tier M5 4,131 -78% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $38k
Zipline International Drone Hub South San Francisco, CA, United States middle_mile_delivery 94.2 Tier M6 4,239 -80.1% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $37k
Matternet Autonomous Drone Logistics Mountain View, CA, United States middle_mile_delivery 87.6 Tier M4 3,942 -74.5% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $40k
Neolix Autonomous Delivery Vehicles Beijing, China middle_mile_delivery 87.5 Tier M4 3,938 -74.4% LiDAR + Radar + Vision Redundancy $40k
Meituan Autonomous Delivery Fleet Beijing, China middle_mile_delivery 88.3 Tier M4 3,974 -75.1% LiDAR + Radar + Vision Redundancy $40k
White Rhino Auto Delivery Beijing, China middle_mile_delivery 81.6 Tier M3 3,672 -69.4% LiDAR + Radar + Vision Redundancy $42k
CiDi Autonomous Mining & Heavy Trucks Changsha, China heavy_freight 86.8 Tier M4 3,906 -73.8% LiDAR + 4D Imaging Radar + Cameras $40k
TrunkTech Autonomous Container Freight Beijing, China heavy_freight 87.1 Tier M4 3,919 -74% LiDAR + 4D Imaging Radar + Cameras $40k
Torc Robotics Cascadia Redundant Truck Blacksburg, VA, United States heavy_freight 90.8 Tier M5 4,086 -77.2% LiDAR + 4D Imaging Radar + Cameras $39k
Nuro R3 Commercial Neighborhood Fleet Mountain View, CA, United States middle_mile_delivery 88.8 Tier M4 3,996 -75.5% LiDAR + 4D Imaging Radar + Cameras $39k

Rankers of Rankers: Top 20 Global AI Mobility, AV & eVTOL Authorities

Rank Authority / Benchmark Category Trust Score ATS Weight Direct Portal
#1 NHTSA Standing General Order (SGO 2021-01) ADS & ADAS Crash Database (U.S. Department of Transportation (NHTSA)) Statutory Regulator 99.4/100 18% Verify ↗
#2 California DMV Autonomous Vehicle Testing & Driverless Deployment Reports (California Department of Motor Vehicles) Statutory Regulator 98.8/100 14% Verify ↗
#3 CPUC Quarterly Autonomous Vehicle Passenger Service Operational Data (California Public Utilities Commission) Statutory Regulator 98.5/100 12% Verify ↗
#4 SMG Consulting Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Reality Index (SMG Consulting) eVTOL & Air Mobility Authority 97.6/100 8% Verify ↗
#5 Vertical Flight Society (VFS) World eVTOL Aircraft Directory (Vertical Flight Society) eVTOL & Air Mobility Authority 97.2/100 6% Verify ↗
#6 Swiss Re & Waymo Actuarial Liability & Claims Frequency Benchmark (Swiss Re Institute) Actuarial & Insurance Benchmark 98.1/100 10% Verify ↗
#7 Waymo Open Dataset, nuScenes & NAVSIM End-to-End Driving Benchmarks (Waymo / Motional / Autonomous Vision Group (CVPR)) End-to-End AI & Academic Dataset 96.8/100 6% Verify ↗
#8 FAA Dynamic Regulatory System (DRS) & Part 21.17(b) / SFAR Powered-Lift Dockets (Federal Aviation Administration (US DOT)) Statutory Regulator 99.1/100 5% Verify ↗
#9 CAAC Low-Altitude Economy & Unmanned eVTOL Airworthiness Registry (Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC)) Statutory Regulator 96.4/100 4% Verify ↗
#10 EASA SC-VTOL & Innovative Air Mobility (IAM) Hub (European Union Aviation Safety Agency) Statutory Regulator 98.2/100 3% Verify ↗
#11 Guidehouse Insights Autonomous Driving & Robotaxi Leaderboard (Guidehouse Insights) Actuarial & Insurance Benchmark 91.5/100 2% Verify ↗
#12 McKinsey Center for Future Mobility (MCFM) Autonomous & SDV Index (McKinsey & Company) Actuarial & Insurance Benchmark 93/100 2% Verify ↗
#13 BloombergNEF (BNEF) Autonomous & Electric Mobility Outlook (Bloomberg Finance L.P.) Industry & Telemetry Portal 94.6/100 2% Verify ↗
#14 China MIIT & Beijing High-Level Autonomous Driving Demonstration Zone (BJHAD) (MIIT China / Beijing Yizhuang Authority) Statutory Regulator 94.2/100 2% Verify ↗
#15 Tesla FSD Community Telemetry Tracker (teslafsdtracker.com) (Independent FSD Telemetry Consortium) Industry & Telemetry Portal 89.4/100 1.5% Verify ↗
#16 IIHS Partial Driving Automation Safeguards Ratings (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety) Actuarial & Insurance Benchmark 96/100 1.5% Verify ↗
#17 Euro NCAP Assisted & Automated Driving Grading (European New Car Assessment Programme) Actuarial & Insurance Benchmark 95.8/100 1% Verify ↗
#18 The Air Current & FutureFlight (AIN) Advanced Air Mobility Intelligence (The Air Current / Aviation International News) eVTOL & Air Mobility Authority 94.5/100 1% Verify ↗
#19 The Autonocast & Autonomy Markets Independent AV Analysis (Autonocast / Autonomy Markets) Industry & Telemetry Portal 92.4/100 1% Verify ↗
#20 InsideEVs, Electrek & CarNewsChina Autonomous & SDV Field Testing (InsideEVs / Electrek / CarNewsChina) Industry & Telemetry Portal 91.2/100 1% Verify ↗

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AKI Actuarial Mobility Institute. (2026, October 20). Autonomous Class 8 Heavy Freight & Middle-Mile Delivery Index 2026 (120 Platforms • ATS v2.0 • ZIP-1.0). https://aki1k.com/mobility/freight