DHL Orders 100 Self-Driving US Trucks From TuSimple and Navistar

A Deutche Post and DHL sign stands in front of the Bonn Post Tower, the headquarters of German postal and logistics group Deutsche Post DHL in Bonn, Germany, on March 11, 2015. Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters

AUSTIN, Texas—DHL Supply Chain has placed a U.S. order for 100 trucks equipped with TuSimple’s self-driving technology and manufactured by Navistar to further expand its understanding of driverless trucks in its supply chain.

DHL, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post AG, in a statement said that while the partnership was currently in its infant stages, it looked forward to deploying TuSimple’s driverless technology across multiple regions outside the United States in the future.