TuSimple Automates Nation’s First Trucking Lane in Arizona, To Haul Driver Out Freight for Union Pacific Railroad

Completed over 550 miles of autonomous Driver Out operations to date on open public roads in real-world conditions: no human being in the vehicle

TuSimple (Nasdaq: TSP), a global autonomous driving technology company, announced that Union Pacific Railroad, the largest Class I railroad in the U.S., will become the first customer to move freight on TuSimple’s fully-automated trucking route between the Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona metro areas. Union Pacific is leveraging Loup Logistics (Loup), a wholly-owned subsidiary, to coordinate the freight shipment
and support seamless movement between rail and the critical first and last mile. Starting this
spring, TuSimple plans to carry Driver Out freight for Union Pacific, utilizing groundbreaking AV
(autonomous vehicle) technology to deliver goods to their destination faster and more
cost-effectively.
“Partnering with TuSimple allows us to extend our operations beyond our rail hubs and serve
our customers faster and more efficiently,” said Kenny Rocker, Executive Vice President –
Marketing & Sales, Union Pacific. “This groundbreaking autonomous driving technology and our
partnership provide us a significant opportunity to scale the technology in our network,
proactively reducing global supply chain congestion.”
Building on its accomplishment of the world’s first Driver Out semi-truck run on December 22,
2021, TuSimple is today reporting an additional six successful fully autonomous runs. The
seven total runs covered over 550 cumulative miles on open public roads without a human in
the vehicle, without any teleoperation, and without any traffic intervention. Runs were conducted
in various roadway conditions, including dense early-evening traffic and “back-to-back” runs on
the same night.
Going forward, TuSimple plans to continue its ‘Driver Out’ program and progressively expand its
scope to incorporate daytime runs and new routes while making regular improvements to its
proprietary AV technology. By the end of 2023, TuSimple plans to achieve commercial viability
by initiating continuous ‘Driver Out’ paid freight operations in a significant shipping area such as
the ‘Texas Triangle.’
“Our repeatable and scalable ‘Driver Out’ operations marks a significant inflection point in our
company’s history. We are the world’s first to complete all of the features of AV trucking
technology,” said Cheng Lu, President, and CEO, TuSimple. “We are proud of our on-time
delivery of this historic milestone and are excited to shift our full focus to commercializing our
ground-breaking technology on an accelerated timeline.”
TuSimple continues to advance autonomous freight lanes across the sunbelt, making the
movement of freight safe, fast, and efficient. To scale its operations in preparation for a
nationwide expansion, the company recently provided technical specifications to commercial
real-estate developers to prepare for future autonomous trucking operations, including a million
square foot state-of-the-art facility within a 27,000-square-acre development as part of the
AllianceTexas.
To date, TuSimple has over 11,000 unique mapped miles in its Autonomous Freight Network
and plans to continue to scale its operations to support its distribution partners.

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