Autonomous Middle-Mile Freight Logistics & Route Dispatch Simulator

Autonomous OPEX $1.68 per corridor mile

Conventional OPEX $2.84 with CDL-A driver

Annual Cost Savings $682,118 40.8% OPEX reduction

Daily Throughput 384 pallets / 24h cycle

Fleet Utilization 88.4% vs 45.8% driver capped

CapEx Payback 22.4 mo hardware & sensors

Corridor Parameters Alliance Hub

Autonomous Fleet Size 8 Class 6 Box Trucks

Retail Spoke Docks 6 Store Spokes

Roundtrip Loop Distance 142 miles

Runs per Truck / Day 3 loops (24/7 duty)

Fleet Powertrain

Corridor Stress Counterfactuals

Severe Weather (-20% speed)

Peak Highway Bottleneck

Dock Turnaround Delay

Depot Charging Queue

24/7 Hours-of-Service Edge: Autonomous Class 6 trucks bypass federal 11h driving limits and 34h weekly restarts, sustaining 3 full 142-mile hub-and-spoke cycles daily.

Tactical Dispatch Network Map Real-time B2B Corridors

HUB: Alliance Central DC | ACTIVE CONVOYS: 8 | ALL CORRIDORS NOMINAL

Central DC

Retail Spoke

Active Box Truck

Live Fleet Manifest & Telemetry Queue 8 Vehicles Active

TRUCK ID	DESTINATION SPOKE	CARGO	EST. TRANSIT	STATUS	BATTERY / FUEL

Cost Per Mile Comparison Class 6 Medium Duty

Cost Component	Autonomous	Conventional
Driver Wages & Benefits	$0.00	$1.42
Fuel / Electric Energy	$0.17	$0.47
Autonomous Tech Platform	$0.45	$0.00
Teleoperation Oversight (1:10)	$0.12	$0.00
Maintenance & Wear	$0.19	$0.28
Insurance & Safety Compliance	$0.42	$0.32
Vehicle Depreciation / Lease	$0.43	$0.35
Total Operating Cost / Mile	$1.68	$2.84

Economic Assumptions

AV Tech Subscription / Mile $0.45

CDL Driver Hourly Rate $32.50/hr

EV Charging Rate / kWh $0.14

Validation Framework: Grounded in Gatik Class 6 commercial deployments with national retailers. Hardware CapEx payback amortized over $125,000 autonomous sensor & compute integration suite per vehicle.