# Trunk Highway at Tianjin Port, China: deployment

Canonical ID: `f3a42392-0d43-47f9-bb36-2df973fdd324`

World first autonomous electric truck trial operation at Tianjin Port; later deployed 6 autonomous trucks and 20 terminal trucks; achieved full-autonomous regular operation and established world first port autonomous driving demonstration zone.

## Key facts

- **Fleet size:** 20+ autonomous terminal trucks

**Trust tier:** Unverified

_Last updated: 2026-08-13_

- **Slug:** trunk-highway-tianjin-china
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [Trunk Highway](/models/trunk-highway.md) (id: `8c1951eb-9bf3-4eb8-b372-06ecbd1174bd`)
- **Category:** [Trucks](/trucks)
- **Company:** [Trunk.Tech](/companies/trunk-tech.md) (id: `e4cf0320-0602-40cd-b2e5-4448b82426d3`)
- **Location:** [Tianjin Port, China](/locations/tianjin-china.md) (id: `860d9208-6cab-4eaa-aefa-59c68a991778`)
- **First seen:** 2018-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. **About Us - Trunk Technology** · https://en.trunk.tech/about/index.html · 2018-01-01

## Common questions

### What is the Trunk Highway deployment at Tianjin Port, China?

Trunk Highway, built by Trunk.Tech, is recorded as a deployment at Tianjin Port, China on the DEPLOY registry. Trunk.Tech operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Trunk Highway at Tianjin Port, China?

Trunk.Tech, the manufacturer of Trunk Highway, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### When did the Trunk Highway deployment at Tianjin Port, China go live?

The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 2018 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.

### Have there been incidents at the Trunk Highway deployment at Tianjin Port, China?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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