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- May 21, 2019
- 3 minutes read
TuSimple Inks Delivery Contract With USPS
image: USPS TuSimple — the driverless truck startup that raised $95 million earlier this year at a $1 billion valuation…
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TuSimple — the driverless truck startup that raised $95 million earlier this year at a $1 billion valuation — has been awarded a contract from the United States Postal Service (USPS) to transport packages over 1,000 miles between the Postal Service’s Phoenix, Arizona and Dallas, Texas distribution centers. TuSimple will deliver these packages with self-driving trucks that’ll have a safety engineer and driver on board for the duration of the journey.
TuSimple will run some of its driverless trucks for 22 hours each — including overnight driving — along the I-10, I-20 and I-30 corridors on a trip through Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Freight flowing through the I-10 (Interstate 10) corridor notably accounts for 60% of total economic activity in the U.S.
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The Postal Service — which has operated for a long 24 decades — is exploring the use of driverless trucks to reduce fuel costs and improve safety and its fleet utilization rate through longer hours of operation. TuSimple claims its trucks have a 1000 meter vision range and is looking to fill the role for the USPS.
