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China's self-driving car startup TuSimple and US truck manufacturer Navistar International will cooperate to jointly develop Level 4 autonomous trucks and achieve mass production by 2024, TuSimple said in a statement on its website yesterday. San Diego-based TuSimple has maintained technical cooperation with Illinois-headquartered Navistar for more than two years since it secured investment from it in 2017, according to corporate information platform Tianyancha. Their partnership is the most in-depth between start-up driverless companies and original equipment manufacturers, and also the only one on L4 driverless trucks. “Navistar’s strategic partnership with TuSimple positions us to be a leader in developing solutions for our customers by leveraging our organizations’ collective expertise to integrate our vehicle design and systems integration capabilities with TuSimple’s innovative autonomous technology,” Persio Lisboa,Navistar's chief executive, said in a press release annou...

Orders can now be placed in China for Tesla’s Cybertruck, a pure electric light commercial vehicle with sports car speeds. Reservations can be made for as little as CNY1,000 (USD142), according to the US electric car giant’s China website. The model, slated to be released next year, is available for between USD39,900 and USD69,900 in the US.Orders for the Cybertruck has exceeded 620,000 as of March this year. Despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the California-based startup sold over 30,000 units in China in the first five months of the year. It topped the country’s new energy vehicle sales in May.