“I mean, even in China there are less and less young people that … want to drive trucks,” Zhou told Automotive News, noting that the average age for commercial truck drivers in the U.S.
DeepRoute.ai expects its self-driving commercial trucks to be fully operational in Shenzhen by early in the first quarter of 2022.
The tech startup — which in September secured $300 million in series B funding led by the capital firm Alibaba Group — also produces self-driving robotaxis, which are deployed in Hangzhou, Wuhan and Shenzhen in China.