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- September 23, 2020
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VW’s Traton Partners With TuSimple
Photo credit: TuSimple The Traton Group, a heavy-duty truck subsidiary of German automaker Volkswagen, has entered into a partership with self-driving…
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| Photo credit: TuSimple |
The Traton Group, a heavy-duty truck subsidiary of German automaker Volkswagen, has entered into a partership with self-driving trucks upstart TuSimple. Under the terms of the partnership, both parties have launched a development program to operate autonomous trucks in a specified route in the European nation of Sweden. Traton has also purchased a minority stake in TuSimple under the terms of the partnership.
The partnership between Traton and TuSimple represents the latter’s first in Europe and actually spans several countries. Traton is aiming to test driverless truck fleets powered by TuSimple’s technology across countries including Sweden and Germany, with both companies focused on Level 4 automation for their truck fleet. Traton is particularly aiming to develop self-driving truck fleets to help tackle a shortage of drivers in Europe. It’s estimated that there lies a shortage of 60,000 truck drivers in Germany alone. Along with tackling driver shortage, adopting self-driving technology also brings about the potential to increase overall truck utilization.
TuSimple has been working on self-driving technology since its founding in 2015 and is quite experienced in the space. The company already has its own autonomous freight network with customers including U.S. Xpress, supply chain giant McLane, and United Parcel Service (UPS). Likewise, Traton is a very experienced truck maker with an origin tracing back to decades ago. The heavy-duty trucks maker currently employs over 80,000 people across 17 countries worldwide. It’s such that Traton and TuSimple coming together to jointly work on self-driving technology could signal something big and noteworthy for the industry in general.
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