TuSimple Expects To Carry Freight Directly To Customers’ Distribution Centers

Under the deal announced this week, Ryder’s fleet maintenance facilities will act as terminals for TuSimple’s freight network.

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But this is not meant to be a hub-to-hub system where its customers would come and pick up freight, according to TuSimple President and CEO Cheng Lu.

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Lu stressed that in most cases, especially for large-scale operators like UPS, TuSimple will take the freight directly to the customer’s distribution centers.

That struck me as interesting, from Kirsten Korosec, in TechCrunch.