TREE NEWS update: Xu Jian, vice president of the Research Institute of Highway under China’s Ministry of Transport, said at the 2026 China Automotive Industry Development (TEDA) International Forum that freight autonomous driving is moving from closed sites to open roads and that autonomous platooning is accelerating. He projected a model combining new-energy electric heavy trucks, autonomous platoons and multi-energy integration, with scaled ‘warehouse-to-warehouse’ autonomous highway freight by 2030 using point-to-point fixed-route direct runs and container or trailer swaps.
China Targets Scale Autonomous Trucking on Trunk Highways by 2030
AI take
The significance lies less in the 2030 target than in the framing: a transport ministry researcher describing autonomous freight as an operational model built around electric heavy trucks, platooning and energy integration, not a standalone driving feature. That points to policy attention on fixed trunk corridors and swap infrastructure, which affects fleet operators, truck makers and logistics firms positioned on those routes. Whether the warehouse-to-warehouse model advances beyond projection to pilot deployment is the open question.
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