TuSimple’s 2019 Self-Driving Safety Report

The Landscape for Self-Driving Trucks

Long-haul trucking, generally recognized as routes requiring goods to be delivered further than 250 miles from the truck’s origin is an essential and significant portion of the U.S. economy and is facing a number of safety and economic issues, ranging from accidents
to worker shortages.

TuSimple believes that our autonomous driving solution can help the industry mitigate or eliminate some of the these most pressing issues in trucking, like driver retention and shortage, vehicle parking, traffic congestion, and safety, while maintaining the cost and convenience advantages the trucking industry relies on to be America’s preferred freight movement method.

Growing Freight Demand and Increasing Costs

• Nearly 71% of all freight tonnage moved in the U.S. goes on trucks
• The annual shipping tonnage in America requires over 3.6 million heavy-duty Class 8 trucks and over 3.5 million truck drivers
• Freight volumes are projected to increase by 35.6% by 2029
• Total tonnage may reach ~21.7 billion tons by 2029
• The median salary for truck drivers increased between 15-18% from 2013 to 2018 depending on their fleet and route status

TuSimple Self-Driving System

TuSimple believes in utilizing cutting-edge perception technology to develop the world’s safest self-driving truck.