Deployment

TuSimple Autonomous Truck at United States

Name: TuSimple Autonomous Truck at United States
Start: 2021-12-01T12:00:00.000Z
Location: 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.

TuSimple Autonomous Truck by TuSimple · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified · Trucks

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TuSimple to wind down U.S. operationsBen Smith, Deploy Editor · 2024-12-01
TuSimple Shutters U.S. OperationsBen Smith, Deploy Editor · 2024-12-01
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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

2 incidents on record (2 moderate). Most recent: Aug 2022.

moderate: 2

regulatory action: 1
collision: 1

Most recent: Aug 2022

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Incidents on record (2)

NHTSA opens investigation PE22-019 into TuSimple ADS safety (Aug 2022)2022-08-05 · Regulatory action
TuSimple autonomous truck swerved across I-10 and struck a concrete barrier (Tucson)2022-04-06 · Collision

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Trust tier: Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated: 2026-08-21
Model: TuSimple Autonomous Truck
Company: TuSimple
Location: United States
Operator: TuSimple
Status: ended
Operator type: maker operated
Scale at site: undisclosed
Site environment: outdoor
Location precision: verified coordinates
First seen: 2021-12-01
ID: dd0215bd-e82c-4eb1-bfb7-80eadc0578e2

Timeline

Dec 2021
First recorded
TuSimple Autonomous Truck first documented operating at United States.
May 2026
created
Aug 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)

Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-21

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?

2 active incidents affecting this deployment are on the DEPLOY registry. Each is a sourced, append-only record; retracted incidents are suppressed from this view.

Is TuSimple Autonomous Truck at United States safe?

TuSimple Autonomous Truck at United States has 2 active incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. 2 incidents on record (2 moderate). Most recent: Aug 2022. Retracted incidents are excluded from this count.

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