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“If you sent a Christmas card or Hanukkah card or whatever (from Tucson) it could have been on our truck,” Brown said.
The privately owned startup, which has been operating payloads from its test center in Tucson since 2017, also drives loads for grocer McLane Cos. and also tests autonomous trucks in China via a hub and development center in Shanghai.
TuSimple says its systems can potentially save users up to 40% on operating costs while addressing the current shortage of around 60,000 truck drivers, which is expected to double over the next few years.
CONSTRUCTION OF A “DIGITAL RAILWAY”
In July, the company launched the TuSimple Autonomous Freight Network to manage and monitor a network of trucking routes that stretch first along Interstate 10 from Phoenix to Tucson, then to El Paso, San Antonio and Houston, with interconnecting routes along them I-20 from El Paso to Dallas, I-45 between Dallas and Houston and I-35 between Dallas and San Antonio.
TuSimple is in the process of building a new truck hub in Fort Worth, Texas to serve the Dallas-Fort Worth region and connect with other Texas cities.
The company’s network rollout partners include UPS, Postal Services, McLane Cos., US Xpress, and Penske Truck Leasing.
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