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TuSimple has partnered with UPS and Penske Truck Leasing to create a network of autonomous cargo delivery trucks in the United States through 2024.
The obvious main attraction of TuSimple’s plan is the self-driving aspect, but the company’s Autonomous Freight Network (AFN) project doesn’t stop at just the development of technology necessary for autonomous trucking. TuSimple is also creating digital routes, terminals, and a monitoring system that tracks its trucks to create a well-rounded and safe autonomous network, according to the San Diego-headquartered company.
The network progression will be divided into 3 marked stages across other time frames and expansion locations.
The first phase, which will take place until 2021, will bring, or has already been taken to various positions, TuSimple’s autonomous transportation facilities in Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, and El Paso, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio, Texas, Phase Two between 2022 and 2023 will make the network larger from coast to coast by creating a line from Los Angeles to Jacksonville Florida.
The third final phase between 2023 and 2024 will be marked through a national expansion to 48 states through the 2024 target. Once all stages are completed, TuSimple will move its operations to Europe and Asia, according to the company.
Source: TuSimple
Source: TuSimple