Trucking Without Truckers
- Magazine Article
- 19AVEP09_12
- English
The challenges are myriad, but automated-trucking developer TUSimple believes the efficiencies of true depot-to-depot driverless hauling are too promising to ignore.
The challenges associated with the sea change wrought by autonomous trucking has opened the door for companies such as TuSimple, a Chinese startup that's partially funded by Nvidia. The company is developing digital control systems, focusing on both the prototypes needed to prove the safety of driverless trucks as well as the many issues associated with getting them into day-to-day operations.