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Self-Driving Truck Completes Successful Run in Arizona

January 10, 2022



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A long-distance test of a driverless big-rig truck cab in Arizona went without a hitch on Dec. 22, completing the world's first live demonstration of a fully autonomous long-haul vehicle on open roads. TuSimple Holdings announced on Dec. 29 that the specially updated Class 8 semi-truck successfully made the 80-mile test drive without a human in the vehicle.

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"By achieving this momentous technical milestone, we demonstrated the advanced capabilities of TuSimple's autonomous driving system and the commercial maturity of our testing process, prioritizing safety and collaboration every step of the way," said Cheng Lu, president and CEO of TuSimple, a San Diego-based autonomous driving technology company.

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"Along the journey, TuSimple's Autonomous Driving System (ADS) successfully navigated surface streets, traffic signals, on-ramps, off-ramps, emergency lane vehicles, and highway lane changes in open traffic... At least nine companies have submitted applications to test autonomous vehicles in Arizona, the department stated. "From a safety perspective, some of the automatic technology is very encouraging [and shows] great promise. However, Bradley doesn't see the technology making humans obsolete any time soon. "What we envision is an environment where the driver is not in the vehicle," Bradley said although in the beginning stages, "there will be an operator."

"There is a lot more a driver does to secure the security of the safety of that [commercial] load." ... driverless technology is similar to an automatic pilot in a commercial airliner, where pilots can switch from manual operation to automatic... It remains an open question whether the new automation will help resolve the current nationwide shortage of truck drivers—now estimated at more than 80,000 in 2021 "Automated vehicles promise to make transportation safer, cheaper, and faster," the Arizona Commerce Authority says on its website ...

Self-Driving Truck Completes Successful Run in Arizona
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