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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Jasmine Fernández

PepsiCo is now delivering Doritos and soft drinks to stores using driverless trucks

The self-driving box trucks perform best on short, highly repetitive routes, using onboard cameras, radar and lidar to navigate fixed commercial corridors - (Getty)

PepsiCo has deployed a fleet of 35 driverless trucks on public roads in Arizona, becoming the first major U.S. consumer-goods company to launch a full-scale rollout of autonomous delivery vehicles.

The vehicles are currently hauling Frito-Lay products, including Doritos and Cheetos, between bottling plants, storage facilities and major retailers such as Walmart and Dollar General. There are five additional trucks running in Texas and one in Arkansas.

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