TuSimple, a San Diego-based Chinese computer vision and artificial intelligence startup focused on autonomous driving technology, is launching an autonomous truck fleet in partnership with Nvidia, inventor of the GPU, the brain used in computers, robots and self-driving cars that allows them to perceive and understand the world.
As part of the launch, the company is test driving fleets of vehicles. TuSimple has conducted a 200-mile test drive of the technology using Lincoln sedans between San Diego and Yuma, Arizona. On Monday, it launched a test of 18-wheeler trucks between Tucson and Phoenix. During the test period, the trucks will log 3 million miles to prove the safety of this technology...
...moreRSK: I wonder what this will do to railroad freight business.
Ken Notes: Let me get this straight we will see self driving trucks before we see regularly scheduled rail freight routes like Fed Ex for big stuff. We are a very crazy nation...
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