Amazon Web Service puts the spotlight on TuSimple's autonomous truck technology in its latest episode of "Now Go Build."
TuSimple and Navistar have announced an end to their nearly two-and-a-half-year partnership intended to co-develop autonomous semi-trucks for production by 2024.
Autonomous-truck company TuSimple is on the hunt for new leadership after firing its chief executive, but company officials said that won't affect their plans and that it expects fully integrated production trucks in 2025 as part of its partnership with Navistar.
Werner Enterprises' network of 24/7 support will play a "fundamental role" in providing support to all TuSimple vehicles in operation, TuSimple officials said.
Included within the agreement comes an initial reservation of 350 units of purpose-built SAE Level 4 autonomous trucks for operation on TuSimple's autonomous freight network in 2024.
TuSimple is looking beyond autonomous truck technology and working on how commercial facilities need to be adapted for self-driving trucks.
On Dec. 22, TuSimple completed the first fully autonomous Class 8 truck run on open public roads without a human in the vehicle and without human intervention.
TuSimple plans to start running “driver-out” autonomous-truck pilots by the end of the year. That’s just part of what we learned in a recent interview with TuSimple officials and from its third-quarter earnings call.
TuSimple and Ryder will work together to identify existing Ryder facilities to serve as the start and end point for TuSimple’s autonomous driving missions.
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