Autonomous trucking software developer TuSimple successfully traveled nearly 39 miles on an open public road in China, safely navigating normal traffic. The truck had no human occupant or outside help, the corporate said.
The driverless run covered designated public roads approved by the Shanghai government. They included the Yangshan Deep-water Port Logistics Park and the Donghai Bridge. TuSimple said last week it had been awarded a completely driverless test license by the Pudong Recent Area of Shanghai.
Throughout the test, TuSimple China’s autonomous truck navigated complex urban roads and highways inside the port area. That included traffic signals, on-ramps, off-ramps, lane changes, emergency lane vehicles, partial lane closures, fog and crosswinds.
A security vehicle followed the autonomous truck but didn’t interfere with the operation. The corporate worked with government regulators and law enforcement.
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TuSimple took 2 years to arrange driverless operation
TuSimple China worked for greater than two years to show the high-autonomy operation consistent with the SAE Level 4 definition. The corporate emphasized redundancy, reliability and stability to arrange for the driverless operation.
“Being the primary to conduct a driver-out run in China is a big milestone,” Cheng Lu, president and CEO of TuSimple, said in a news release late Thursday.
“Following on from our successful driver-out run in america in 2021, this accomplishment marks one other pivotal breakthrough for TuSimple and further underscores our leadership within the autonomous driving industry.”
Rival Plus accomplished a 20-mile driverless run in China in late June 2021. It traveled the newly built Wufengshan highway in China’s Jiangsu Province near Shanghai that was not open to the general public.
TuSimple is planning a driverless business run between Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, next 12 months on the identical portion of Interstate 10 it piloted with no human within the cab in December 2021.
When it laid off 300 mostly U.S. employees in May, TuSimple reversed a plan to sell or spin off its China operations. It also has announced plans for driverless testing in Japan.
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