Driverless Trucks Are Here—and They’re Delivering Bags of Doritos

In this End Time Headlines article, the author reports that PepsiCo is now using autonomous trucks for commercial deliveries, including Frito-Lay products like Doritos.

• PepsiCo is operating 35 driverless trucks in Arizona, along with five in Texas and one in Arkansas.
• One highlighted route involves a 26,000-pound box truck carrying Doritos and other Frito-Lay products from a Phoenix distribution center to a nearby Walmart.
• The trucks are being used on short-haul routes between bottling plants, warehouses, and retailers such as Walmart and Dollar General.
• The vehicles use cameras, radar, and lidar sensors and were developed with autonomous trucking company Gatik.
• PepsiCo reportedly began testing the trucks with safety drivers in 2022, then launched fully driverless runs in June 2025.
• The company says the trucks have had no accidents on public roads so far.
• PepsiCo says the driverless trucks are especially useful for predictable, repetitive routes, including a 14-mile loop between a Gatorade plant and storage facility.
• The company reports 99% on-time performance when accounting for variables such as weather and traffic.
• PepsiCo says some drivers may be retrained for other roles, but the company also expects to hire fewer drivers as autonomous trucking expands.
• Labor groups, including the Teamsters, oppose the spread of driverless commercial delivery and want human operators kept in the trucks.

Read the full story: https://endtimeheadlines.org/2026/06/driverless-trucks-are-here-and-theyre-delivering-bags-of-doritos/