autonomous freight network

TuSimple delays production of Class 8 autonomous truck to 2025

TuSimple truck in garage

TuSimple is delaying commercialization of its purpose-built autonomous trucks until 2025 while relying on retrofits of existing Navistar equipment to expand driverless routes from Arizona into Texas.

“The commercialization is not tied to the production trucks,” Pat Dillon, TuSimple chief financial officer, said on a call with analysts Tuesday. “We’ll be using retrofitted trucks initially starting at the end of 2023 into 2024.”

Production-intent prototypes from Navistar International’s plant in...

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Analysis: Normally transparent TuSimple bungles leadership change, rattling investors

For a young public company known for transparency, TuSimple Holdings’ sudden replacement of Cheng Lu as CEO with co-founder Xiaodi Hou showed that unexpected moves rattle investors. And shaken investors sell stock.

A lot of stock.

TuSimple is trading near its all-time low. For the week, it was down 32.65%, with most of the damage on Thursday, the day of the announcement.. 

The timing and immediate execution appeared to be a PR blunder with volatile markets already spooked by inflation fears and...

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TuSimple will haul ‘driver out’ intermodal freight loads for Union Pacific

TuSimple, which conducted its first driverless freight run in late December, is moving up its autonomous trucking commercialization plans to late 2023, including intermodal operations with Union Pacific in the Port of Tucson in Arizona this spring.

San Diego-based TuSimple Holdings (NASDAQ: TSP) said Tuesday it has completed seven trips of about 80 miles each with no one in the cab from the Port of Tucson to the Phoenix area. The collective 550 miles had no teleoperations or special traffic...

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TuSimple, property developer team up to boost autonomous trucking in Texas

The roads are mostly mapped for TuSimple to drive autonomously in Texas. Now it is up to commercial property developers to get ready for driverless trucks to come and go from warehouses.

Hillwood Investment Properties, one of the largest commercial real estate developers in the country, is taking suggestions from TuSimple Holdings (NASDAQ: TSP) on how to incorporate the needs of autonomous trucks into current and future facilities.

“If you develop a warehouse that has the right setup, like a...

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‘That guy was nuts!’: Autonomous trucks must account for dangerous drivers

TUCSON, Ariz. — Nearly seven of 10 automobile crashes occur within 10 miles of home, according to insurance industry statistics.

It’s apparently true even for autonomous trucks.

An otherwise uneventful ride in TuSimple’s high autonomy-equipped International LT on a sunny Wednesday morning last month turned dicey when four impatient motorists raced past the truck on the left as it began a wide right turn into the company driveway.

Then, a white Jeep Compass SUV whipped by on the right, encroaching...

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Ryder storms deeper into trucking autonomy in tie-up with Waymo Via

Ryder System, Inc. will provide maintenance for Waymo Via as the Google-backed autonomous driving software developer begins revenue-generating freight runs in Texas from a new transfer hub that Ryder helped design.

Miami-based Ryder (NYSE: R) also is working with Waymo Via rival TuSimple to share some of its 500 maintenance facilities to help TuSimple expand its autonomous freight network nationwide.

“The startups love to work with Ryder because we have this diversity,” Karen Jones, Ryder...

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TuSimple: Autonomous freight network 6 months ahead of schedule

Autonomous trucking software leader TuSimple is running six months ahead of schedule in building out the first phase of its autonomous freight network, and should reach Charlotte, North Carolina, and Orlando, Florida, by the end of the year.

TuSimple Holdings (NASDAQ: TSP) on Wednesday opened a new facility in Fort Worth, Texas, that extends its reach with supervised autonomous trucks and reduces the time it will take to complete the first part of a three-phase nationwide autonomous freight...

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Locomation and PGT Trucking Inc., agree to autonomous relay convoy deployment

PITTSBURGH, PA—Locomation, the world’s first technology platform to offer human-guided autonomous truck convoying, today announced a multi-year agreement with PGT Trucking Inc., a leader in flatbed transportation, to deploy Locomation autonomous truck technology for use on PGT Trucking routes.

During the eight year agreement, PGT Trucking will deploy 1,000 Autonomous Relay ConvoyTM (ARC) systems on over 30 separate ARC segments. Each ARC segment is engineered for maximum yield by Locomation’s...

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Autonomous produce: TuSimple delivers watermelons 42% faster in pilot run

Watermelons are the latest proof point for autonomous trucking. TuSimple’s driver-monitored Level 4 high autonomy-equipped trucks covered 900 miles from Nogales, Arizona, to Oklahoma City, delivering the fruit in just over 14 hours — 42% faster than a typical run.

The efficiency gains from the self-driving truck software startup’s experiment with Los Angeles-based Giumarra Cos. could eventually alter the way produce is picked, packed and shipped to local groceries.

“Speed to market for...

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TuSimple snags Goodyear Tire in latest autonomous trucking partnership

TuSimple is partnering with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., as the self-driving trucking company continues to build a network of supplier and OEM partners.

The collaboration, announced Tuesday, will provide tires and tire management solutions to TuSimple’s Autonomous Freight Network (AFN). 

As part of the agreement, Goodyear also will provide products and repair services for the Level 4 autonomous trucks. Level 4 autonomy refers to trucks that do not need a driver under certain conditions.

Additionally...

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