Autonomous Trucks
Wang Naiyan, CTO of TuSimple, said that these functionalities might not be as complex as assisted driving, but highlighted the need to improve the reliability of such systems. Another challenge TuSimple addressed was the need to improve the radius of detection of its autonomous vehicles. TuSimple has come up with a smart way to help their self-driving trucks “see” and understand their surroundings better. The company has also developed an algorithm called Bird’s Eye View which can reduce the computational overhead of its trucks’ self-driving systems. In 2023, TuSimple started testing its autonomous trucks on the Tomei Expressway, one of Japan’s key freight corridors that connect the major cities of Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka.