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Let's see who they are and what they represent.

All right, our first guest, all right, is going to be from, uh, again, this is Kodiak, and they just landed IKEA as its driverless launch partner, and it's teaming up with PrePass to get autonomous trucks road-ready for inspections nationwide.

So Kodiak's, uh, Daniel Goff, as well as PrePass' CTO, Chaz Worcester, are going to be joining us to break all that down.

And then from there, Samsara just wrapped up its first ever Driver Appreciation Month, and we've got a special sit-down with Samsara's Kelly Sutherland on the new perks of the program, the surprises that drivers got on the road, and all the things in between.

And then, oh yeah, we also do have a beautiful, fabulous guy by the name of Zach Strickland, who's going to provide a lovely sonar update.

Jen as well as Dale a, and, uh, Ashley, and all of our events team is working incredibly hard right now to put the finishing touches on what will be the event of the year here at Chattanooga, Tennessee.

So tickets, again, are on sale.

Make sure, uh, that you all are taking full advantage, and we hope to see you here October 27th and the 28th, okay? So with that being said, I know we teed 'em up earlier, but again, for those that missed the opening of the show, Kodiak just landed IKEA as its driverless launch shipper partner for a long call rollout by the end of this year, building on the company's recent partnership with PrePass, connecting driverless trucks directly into state roadside inspection systems.

Kodiak is partnering with California trucking company DTL Transport, running perishable commodities from Fresno to a distribution center in Los Angeles, roughly 225 miles.

Kodiak also this week entered a partnership with PrePass to facilitate autonomous truck bypass processes.

Wabi put another autonomous route under its belt.

Another autonomous truck developer, Wabi, successfully ran a haul with its autonomous driver in Texas from Dallas to San Antonio on I-35.

Uh, for all the questions, uh, being asked when it comes to autonomous trucking, uh, one thing that hasn't received a whole lot of attention is, uh, w- what happens when they come across, like, uh, the weigh stations.

Anybody thought about that? Uh, I guess behind the scenes it has been discussed, so a word from FreightWaves is PrePass and Kodiak AI have launched a system routing safety inspection, yeah, records for autonomous truck directly into state roadside enforcement starting the, this past day.

In Texas and Louisiana, according to the report, the system s- feeds the CVSA enhanced inspection clearances through PrePass' 581 site weigh stations network around the country, letting state enforcement personnel verify and authorize bypasses for driverless trucks with no one in the cab.

Now, Kodiak, that trades on the NASDAQ as N, or KDK, Kodiak, uh, planning to launch full driverless commercial operations on public highways by the end of this year.

Uh, apparently, their customer list includes Werner Enterprises, C.R. England, Rail Transport, Atlas Energy Solutions, Bridgestone, General Dynamics, uh, and IKEA.

The next barrier, uh, to scaling driverless trucking is not inside the truck.

Apparently, it's the infrastructure around it, according to PrePass' chief technology officer.

Kodiak's founder said launching driverless service, uh, requires building a solution that works in the real world.

A ship just deciding to go the long way around Africa without a human saying okay? That's a lot of fuel and a lot of trust in a black box.

You know, Buck, it's sort of the same thing as the Kodiak and PrePass partnership.

They're integrating autonomous trucks into the way station bypass systems in Texas and Louisiana.

Exactly.