Kazakhstan and Russia have launched their first cross-border autonomous freight transport pilot, marking a major step toward the future of driverless logistics across Eurasia.

The autonomous trucking route between Astana and Moscow spans around 3,000 kilometers and was completed in just two days, The Caspian Post reports via Kazinform.

During the pilot project, autonomous heavy trucks traveled simultaneously along the Moscow-Astana and Astana-Moscow routes, with sections of the journey carried out in fully autonomous mode across the territories of both countries.

The initiative was jointly implemented by the transport ministries of Kazakhstan and Russia together with the KAMAZ Group of Companies.

The test focused on evaluating key autonomous driving technologies, including route connectivity, digital twin precision and offline operational performance.

The project is seen as a breakthrough for regional transport innovation and the first step toward harmonizing autonomous transport regulations within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

By reducing delivery times by more than half, the pilot demonstrated the potential of autonomous freight transport to transform cargo logistics between Central Asia and Russia.

Kazakhstan’s transport ministry said that the work is now underway to build the institutional framework and infrastructure needed to scale up autonomous transport operations in the future.