Volvo and Waabi Begin Autonomous Freight Operations for Warp in Texas

Volvo Autonomous Solutions (V.A.S.) and Waabi announced on October 5, 2026, the start of autonomous freight operations for Warp in Texas, which the companies described as the first customer operation of their partnership. The Volvo VNL Autonomous powered by the Waabi Driver is now transporting freight directly to third-party facilities along the Dallas–Houston corridor.

The Warp Operation

Warp is described in the announcement as an open-source freight network that provides less-than-truckload (LTL) and full-truckload (FTL) freight services for carriers and shippers. The arrangement allows Warp to move its customers’ goods autonomously along the corridor, and the companies said integrating the V.A.S. autonomous transport ecosystem into Warp’s network creates opportunities to optimize freight flows and support more efficient movement of goods as demand grows. Autonomous hauls currently run with an observer in the driver’s seat.

“Together with Warp and Waabi, we are bringing autonomous freight into customer operations in one of logistics’ most demanding segments,” said Nils Jaeger, President of Volvo Autonomous Solutions. “What we learn on the Dallas–Houston corridor will help us strengthen our partnership and continuously improve the ecosystem as we scale.”

Autona / Freight and LTL Operations

Autona / freight is V.A.S.’ autonomous transport ecosystem. The announcement describes it as bringing together the Volvo VNL Autonomous, Waabi’s autonomous driving technology, fleet and transport management, terminals and customer endpoints, operations, and uptime support as a complete transport solution designed to scale. The Volvo VNL Autonomous is built from the ground up for autonomy, carries redundancies for six safety-critical systems, and is designed to integrate autonomous driving systems from partners such as Waabi.

The announcement characterizes LTL shipping as one of freight’s most operationally complex segments, requiring dynamic networks that consolidate, haul, and distribute goods from multiple customers on tightly coordinated schedules. By moving freight directly between facilities without handoffs, the companies said, the Volvo VNL Autonomous powered by the Waabi Driver gives LTL providers like Warp a more predictable way to keep their networks on schedule.

Lior Ron, COO of Waabi, called the Warp operation the first milestone on a path toward autonomous trucks integrating into the networks that move freight every day, saying it demonstrates that the Volvo VNL Autonomous powered by the Waabi Driver can take on freight work ranging from less-than-truckload network operations to moving goods directly to third-party facilities.

“The value of autonomy grows when you can coordinate the freight around it,” said Warp CEO Daniel Sokolovsky. “Warp brings together shipments from multiple customers and aligns routes, capacity, and timing, so advances on a single lane can benefit the broader network.”

The Volvo–Waabi Partnership Timeline

V.A.S. and Waabi announced their strategic partnership on February 3, 2025, to deliver autonomous freight transport integrating the Volvo VNL Autonomous with the Waabi Driver. V.A.S. said the collaboration built on a relationship established in 2023, when Volvo Group Venture Capital invested in Waabi.

That February 2025 announcement described Waabi’s AV2.0 approach as an end-to-end interpretable and verifiable AI model behind the Waabi Driver, one V.A.S. said enables the virtual driver to generalize scenarios on the road, and the VNL Autonomous as Volvo’s flagship long-haul model for the US market, built on an autonomous technology platform able to integrate multiple virtual drivers. The announcement listed the truck’s redundant systems as dual braking, steering, communication, computing, power, energy storage, and motion control. Shahrukh Kazmi, Chief Product Officer at Volvo Autonomous Solutions, said when the partnership was signed that combining Volvo’s automation and safety work with Waabi’s AI-driven driving technology was aimed at the industry’s capacity challenges and at paving the way for scalable, reliable operations.

On October 30, 2025, V.A.S. announced the completed integration of the Waabi Driver with the Volvo VNL Autonomous, a milestone its account characterized as setting a new standard for Level 4 autonomy. Waabi founder and CEO Raquel Urtasun said at the time that autonomous trucking’s future hinged on safe and scalable autonomous technology, hardware purpose-built for autonomous operations, and a commercial deployment model that fits the supply chain without added friction. With the integration complete, V.A.S. said, the companies were focused on delivering an autonomous solution that was safe and supported broad commercial deployment.

With customer operations now underway, V.A.S. and Waabi said they will use real-world experience from the Dallas–Houston lane to prepare for additional routes and support the broader scaling of autonomous freight in the coming years.