By Keenan Willard, NBC5
In the wake of several high-profile setbacks for self-driving car companies, one Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) company is going the other way, building up a fleet of autonomous delivery vehicles on Metroplex streets.
Estonian company Clevon is expanding its self-driving couriers to new areas in DFW in the coming months, using the Fort Worth area to launch its efforts to build a national delivery network.
On the busy streets by Alliance Airport, another vehicle whisks a package off to its destination. But this one stands out easily: because there’s no one behind the wheel.
“Our on-demand electric vehicle is working as a robot courier,” said Sander Sebastian Agur, Clevon’s CEO and co-founder.
This is the autonomous delivery vehicle from Clevon, an Estonian company that made its US headquarters in Fort Worth in 2022.
Their robot-piloted vehicles have been delivering packages on the street in the Northlake community since July, sing human-assisted oversight.
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