Autonomous Trucks
Feds conclude probe of TuSimple (TSP) autonomous truck accidentTSP +12.15% Add to/Remove from WatchlistBy Michael ElkinsAutonomous truck maker TuSimple (NASDAQ: ) announced Thursday that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has closed its investigation into the heavily publicized crash of a TuSimple autonomous truck in April of 2022. According to reports, a driver-supervised autonomous truck took an unintended sharp left turn across a lane of westbound traffic on I-10 and struck a concrete barrier. The safety driver tried to counter-steer the truck, which followed a computer-generated command that was several minutes old. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration declined to open a separate probe, the company said. “After the incident, we halted autonomous operations, launched an internal review and collaborated with regulators.