"Crossroads" launched the delivery of goods on trucks without drivers

History

2025: Perekrestok began using unmanned trucks on the Neva M-11 highway

On January 23, 2025, it became known that the retail network, "Crossroads" which is part of the, X5 Group organized regular cargo transportation between Moscow St. Petersburg and using the company's autonomous tractors along the Navio highway. M-11 "Neva"

According to RIA Novosti, the first product for unmanned delivery to distribution centers was carbonated water. "Borjomi" The transportation process is organized through a special hub at the beginning of the M-11 route.

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The company has developed a multi-stage delivery scheme: first, the Perekrestka semi-trailer is delivered to the supplier's warehouse to load the goods, then it follows to the hub, where the cargo is transferred to an autonomous tractor to overcome the main part of the route along the highway.

Vladimir Buevich, Product Director for Autonomous Trunk Freight Transportation at Navio, emphasized the effectiveness of the new delivery model, which eliminates cargo downtime and provides minimal travel time compared to traditional logistics.

X5 Group plans to significantly expand the use of unmanned vehicles. In 2025, the company intends to increase the number of daily flights on autonomous trucks to 14, which will significantly optimize logistics processes.

The pilot project of autonomous cargo transportation is being implemented on one of the key transport arteries of Russia - the Neva M-11 highway connecting the two capitals. The successful introduction of unmanned technologies into the logistics of a large retail network demonstrates the potential of autonomous transport to optimize cargo transportation.

The introduction of innovative technologies allows the company to improve the efficiency of delivery of goods and optimize operational processes. The use of autonomous tractors is part of the Crossroads digital transformation strategy of logistics processes.

2023: X5 launched regular transportation with trucks without drivers behind the wheel on the highway M11 Moscow-Petersburg

X5 launched regular transportation with trucks without drivers driving on the highway M11 MoscowSt. Petersburg-. The press service of the retailer announced this on July 3, 2023.

Unmanned cargo transportation is carried out on the basis of the KAMAZ-54901 tractor, and the semi-trailer, which will carry food, is a refrigerated truck with a volume of 20 tons, maintaining the necessary temperature regime for the transportation of goods of a wide range of categories. On a segment with a length of about 600 km, a tractor with a semi-trailer will move without the help of a driver, after which a special hub will be connected to a regular tractor to continue the route.

Unmanned cargo transportation is carried out on the basis of a tractor KAMAZ-54901

As stated in X5, the retailer became the first grocery retail company to launch regular commercial transportation for real deliveries to retail chains. Earlier, the owner of the supermarket chains Five"" and Intersection"" took part in the development of unmanned logistics corridors, regulatory requirements for a pilot launch, as well as testing trucks with KamAZ"." During the preparation for the launch, the parties identified the route and potential volumes for transportation. At the first stage, one car will be sent from Moscow and from per St. Petersburg day. The route will connect the company's distribution centers in and, Moscow added to Leningrad Oblast X5.

X5 Transport traditionally monitors the latest developments and innovations, it is a great honor for us to be the pioneers among retailers in such a high-tech project. I am confident that our flight to the future will serve the development of domestic developments and open up the prospects for new partnerships, which will allow us to quickly exchange information and make long-term plans to improve the service for our key partners, "said Kirill Kuzmenko, Managing Director of X5 Transport.[1]

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