UPS Has Invested in Autonomous Trucks After Ongoing Tests

摘要

TuSimple, the San Diego-based self driving truck company, has entered into a partnership with UPS totest self driving tractor trailer trucks with the aim of exploring uses for autonomous trucks in packagedelivery.The testing, which has been ongoing since May 2019, has seen TuSimple's trucks carrying UPS freightalong a North American Freight Forwarding route in Arizona between the cities of Phoenix and Tucson.The trucks are Level 4 autonomous, meaning they are entirely computer controlled but still allow a driverto take manual control of the vehicle. Engineers from TuSimple have been riding along in the trucks dueto government regulations and to monitor the vehicles.