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Cost Per Mile and the Road to Autonomous Trucking (w/ Xiaodi Hou of Bot Auto)

Ride AI·Oliver Bruce and Horace Dediu·23 April 2025·39 min

About this episode

In this episode, we dive into the gritty reality of autonomous trucking with Xiaodi Hou, founder of Bot Auto, a Level 4 freight-hauling company that's rewriting the playbook on autonomy. While much of the industry chases glossy tech demos and futuristic hype, Bot Auto is quietly building a cost-efficient, scalable logistics operation—one truckload at a time.