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This week, we're looking at what insurance for autonomous trucks might look like and how truck manufacturers are booking additional revenue by selling chargers and hand-holding advice with electric trucks.
Insuring The Drive, Not The Driver
Autonomous trucking software developer TuSimple and Liberty Mutual insurance are working together to figure out how to insure a truck without a distracted, drowsy or otherwise human driver behind the wheel.
Truly driverless trucks are several years away, though TuSimple plans a fourth-quarter pilot on Arizona highways.
David Blessing, Liberty Mutual's chief underwriting officer for new mobility, says working with TuSimple, which operates 50 Level 4 highly autonomous trucks in three Southwestern states — all with safety drivers — will help develop custom insurance underwriting for early adopters and fleets that add autonomous trucks later.