As the first autonomous trucking software company to go public, TuSimple Holdings is earning Wall Street credibility. Most analysts offer positive commentary on the 5-year-old startup.
They appear fixated on the company’s plan to remove the driver from Class 8 semis on night runs covering 113 miles on Interstate 10 between Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona. On TuSimple’s first earnings call Monday, questions about the pilot — the holy grail of autonomous trucking — piled up.
“It’s not a PR stunt,”...