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2020-07-16 10:09:24 Lei Gang was sent from Aofei Temple

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The future of Tucson, now the future has come.

Today, the driverless truck Unicorn, the world's fastest self-driving company for L4 trucks, officially announced a strategic partnership with American truck manufacturer Navistar to develop L4 mass-produced self-driving trucks.

And in the future, Tucson and Navesda will not only cooperate with customers and supply and demand-- the two sides have been working together on technology for more than two years.

This time, they are also more deeply bound in terms of equity and capital, and Navesda also announced that it would invest in Tucson's self-driving car.

The official statement of the two sides also revealed that they will strive to jointly achieve mass production of L4 self-driving trucks by 2024.

Mass production of L4 driverless trucks?

It not only means that the self-driving truck freight business model has been recognized, but also shows that unmanned trucks have come to the eve of large-scale popularity.

As we all know, the commercialization of self-driving is inseparable from the cooperation between vehicle factories and start-up technology enterprises, and commercial self-driving trucks will need to consider performance, price and reliability, which can only be satisfied by mass-produced self-driving trucks.

It is needless to say that Navista has a position in the mainframe factory.

Navestar, formerly known as McCormick and International Harvester, has a history dating back to 1831 and has 113 years of experience in the production and sales of commercial vehicles.

To date, Navesda is still the largest manufacturer of medium-sized diesel engines and 6-8-class commercial trucks and buses in North America, and the largest manufacturer of heavy trucks and school buses in North America.

And what is closely related to the Chinese people is that the first car produced by FAW, the Jiefang truck, is also based on the "K-Series" model produced by Nevada.

Now, the announcement of a future cooperation with Tucson in mass production of L4 trucks is also a historic step for the century-old car company.

Because before that, there was no clear hand-in-hand between driverless startups and truckmakers in mass production.

Once the two sides are going well, customers may be able to buy driverless trucks directly from Navesda dealers in the United States, Canada and Mexico in the future.

What do the partners say?

Persio Lisboa, President and CEO of Navistar, said: "self-driving technology is gradually seeping into the truck industry and will have a profound impact on our business. By combining Navistar's vehicle design and system integration capabilities with Tucson's future innovative self-driving technology, Navistar will become a leader in truck development solutions, and we look forward to more in-depth cooperation and development with Tucson in the future."

Lu Cheng, future president of Tucson, said: "Tucson Future and Navistar have been preparing for mass production of driverless trucks since 2018, and now is the time to start a comprehensive production plan. Navistar's cooperation and investment is an important milestone in Tucson's future. With the future expertise of Navistar and Tucson, the path of large-scale commercialization of driverless trucks will become more and more clear."

At present, Tucson has a self-driving fleet of more than 50 trucks and serves 18 customers, including UPS and McLane.

Tucson plans to conduct its first unmanned logistics and transportation operation in 2021.

That is, to remove the human safety officer and really realize the automatic reform of truck freight transportation.

In addition, Nevada shares rose 3.09% today.

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