Enclosed transport for robotaxis and autonomous test vehicles
Your units travel enclosed. Before you commit, you get the truck, driver and price in writing, and one person keeps your team posted until they're signed for at the depot.
Depot-to-depot and multi-city deployments
Opening a new city or moving a test fleet usually means several units going to different places, with a date that can't slip. Send us what's moving and where, and we'll come back with trucks and drivers lined up.
Once there's an agreement, a text is enough
With a master agreement signed, you don't redo paperwork for every move. Your ops lead texts us the units and dates, we confirm the truck, driver and price, and an email follows so you have it in writing.
Sensors, roof height and units that won't start
- 1Enclosed trailers keep weather and road debris off LiDAR, cameras and roof racks.
- 2We check trailer height against your unit before we book.
- 3If a unit doesn't run, tell us when you book and we'll use a carrier that can load it.
- 4Units with high-voltage batteries go with carriers that accept them.
Prototypes and pre-production units
Prototypes and pre-production units going to a proving ground, a design studio or a show go through the same process.
When a driver beats a truck
If a unit is road-legal and registered, a professional driver can take it straight to the next site, usually for much less than a truck. See how driveaway works.
Questions from AV and test-fleet teams
Carriers under contract with TATS. We're a licensed broker (MC 01569497), so we pick the carrier and equipment for each move, and you keep dealing with us.
Yes. Send us where each unit is starting and where it's going, with dates. We plan every leg, and you have one contact for all of them.
Your TATS contact updates you at pickup, on the way and before delivery. If the timing changes, we tell you right away.
Rate confirmation before pickup, a signed Bill of Lading at pickup and proof of delivery at the end. Certificate of insurance on request.
With an agreement in place, we can often arrange a move within a few days. Tell us your date and we'll say if it's realistic.
Planning a deployment?
Send us the units, the depots and the date, and we'll put a plan in writing.