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TuSimple Autonomous Truck at United States

TuSimple's autonomous Class 8 truck, which ran freight pilots (e.g. with UPS, McLane, Penske partners) and isolated driver-out demonstration runs (Tucson-Phoenix, Dec 2021) with safety oversight. Historical peak was pilot/demonstration; never sustained observer-free commercial. Discontinued when TuSimple wound down US operations (2024) and pivoted to CreateAI.

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TuSimple's US autonomous freight pilots (Arizona and Texas lanes; partners incl. UPS, McLane, Penske) and a Dec 2021 driver-out demonstration run (Tucson-Phoenix). Run with safety oversight; never sustained observer-free commercial. Ended with the 2024 wind-down of US self-driving operations.

Key facts

Status
Pilots + driver-out demo (supervised); ENDED with 2024 US wind-down
Lanes
Arizona (Tucson-Phoenix), Texas
Partner
UPS, McLane, Penske
Start
Dec 2021 driver-out demonstration run (Tucson-Phoenix)
Use Case
Autonomous freight

Exposure

Customer segment
logistics
Scale tier
undisclosed

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Safety record

1 incident on record. Most recent: Aug 2022.

Severity not classified
1

Most recent: Aug 2022

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Incidents on record (1)

Direct incidents recorded against this deployment. Retracted incidents are excluded here but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Trust tier
Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-07-10
Model
TuSimple Autonomous Truck
Company
TuSimple
Location
United States
Status
ended
Operator type
maker operated
First seen
2021-12-01
ID
dd0215bd-e82c-4eb1-bfb7-80eadc0578e2

Timeline

  1. Dec 2021
    First recorded
    TuSimple Autonomous Truck first documented operating at United States.
  2. May 2026
    created
  3. Jul 2026
    Current status: ended, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (2)

  1. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001823593/000119312524008909/d673687dex991.htm
  2. https://www.ttnews.com/articles/tusimple-raises-135-billion-through-ipo
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-10

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-10

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: discontinued

Architectural position

Cohort: truck

Sources by quality tier

1
primary-sec-filing
SEC filing
1
unclassified
Unclassified source

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Common questions

What is the TuSimple Autonomous Truck deployment at United States?
TuSimple Autonomous Truck, built by TuSimple, is recorded as a deployment at United States on the DEPLOY registry. TuSimple operates the deployment directly.
Who operates TuSimple Autonomous Truck at United States?
TuSimple, the manufacturer of TuSimple Autonomous Truck, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the TuSimple Autonomous Truck deployment at United States go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting December 1, 2021 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Is the TuSimple Autonomous Truck deployment at United States still active?
As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, this deployment is no longer operating at this location.
Have there been incidents at the TuSimple Autonomous Truck deployment at United States?
1 active incident affecting this deployment is on the DEPLOY registry. Each is a sourced, append-only record; retracted incidents are suppressed from this view.

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