While the tech world obsesses over Tesla’s robotaxi rollout, PepsiCo has been doing something arguably more impressive with far less fanfare: actually putting driverless vehicles to work at scale.
The food and beverage giant now operates 41 fully driverless trucks across public roads in Arizona, Texas, and Arkansas, making it the largest commercial autonomous freight operation in the United States. The fleet has recorded zero accidents and a 99% on-time delivery rate since fully driverless operations began in June 2025. For context, Tesla’s unsupervised robotaxi fleet is estimated at somewhere between 20 and 38 active vehicles as of mid-2026. The company that sells Doritos is outpacing the company that promised to revolutionize transportation.
How PepsiCo built the biggest driverless truck fleet in America
PepsiCo partnered with Gatik, an autonomous logistics firm, back in 2022. The initial phase ran pilot programs with safety drivers in the cab from 2022 through 2025, essentially training the system under real-world conditions before removing the human element entirely.
The transition to fully driverless operations kicked off in June 2025. Since then, the fleet has expanded to 41 trucks: 35 in Arizona, 5 in Texas, and 1 in Arkansas. The vehicles themselves are Isuzu box trucks equipped with Gatik’s suite of advanced sensors and cameras. These trucks handle short-haul deliveries, ferrying products like Doritos and beverages to major retailers including Walmart and Dollar General.
