TuSimple teams up with image-grade LiDAR supplier Innovusion

Beijing (Gasgoo)-On May 31st, long-rangeimage-gradeLiDAR supplier Innovusion announced its strategic partnership with autonomous driving developer TuSimple.

The two companies will cooperate under driverless scenarios, including China’s ports, middle-mile logistics, and urban freight transportation. By integrating Innovusion’s auto-grade high-performance LiDARs and perception algorithm with TuSimple’s autonomous driving commercial vehicles, the duo aims to forge a safe and efficient autonomous driving operation ecosystem. Both parties will work to accelerate the development, volume production, and mass application of China’s fully autonomous technology.

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Leveraging autonomous cargo transportation network as a foundation, TuSimple has created anintegrated advanced ecosystem of autonomous driving software and hardware. In December 2021, the company completed the world’s first driverless open road test for heavy-duty trucks, without safety driver onboard or human intervention. With its outstanding performance in transportation, autonomous heavy-duty trucks require highly reliable and stable perceptual sensors to support its daily averaged 20+ hours of operation.

As one of the first suppliers to realize volume production for high-performance LiDARs worldwide, Innovusion’s ultra-long-rangeimage-gradeLiDAR, Falcon, features industry-leading high-precision long-range detection capability, with an ROI resolution of 0.06°*0.06° and a maximum range of 500m.

Per the procurement order, the Falcon will serve as a dominant radar on TuSimple’s heavy-duty trucks.