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Aurora Hits Key Milestone on Its Path To Rolling Driverless Trucks Between Dallas and Houston This Year
by David Seeley | Jan 8, 2024
In partnership with Continental—which is based in Germany with a U.S. HQ in Auburn Hills, Michigan—Aurora says the two companies have finalized the design and architecture of the future fallback system and hardware of the Aurora Driver. Aurora aims to begin rolling totally human-free trucks on I-45 between Dallas and Houston in late 2024.
by Lance Murray |
Nov 1, 2023
Aurora Innovation—which aims to begin rolling totally human-free trucks between Dallas and Houston by late 2024—said nearly half of all truck freight in Texas moves along I-45 between Dallas and Houston, making the corridor an ideal route for Aurora’s commercial launch.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 21, 2023
"When we achieve Aurora Driver Ready, we’ll have confidence that the Aurora Driver could safely haul freight between Dallas and Houston without a human behind the wheel, setting us up for our commercial launch next year," co-founder and CEO Chris Urmson wrote in a blog post today.
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by David Seeley |
Apr 3, 2023
With the latest beta release of its Aurora Driver autonomous driving system, Aurora Innovation says it's reached a "feature complete" milestone. This could put the company one step closer to its goal of totally human-free freight runs between Dallas and Houston by late 2024.
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Kendra Phillips, Former CTO of Ryder, joins Aurora to deliver and commercialize Aurora Horizon, Aurora’s autonomous trucking product. [Photo: Aurora]
Aurora Hires Former Ryder CTO, Opens New Terminals in Fort Worth and El Paso to Support Autonomous Pilot Partnership with Werner
by David Seeley | Apr 6, 2022
Former Ryder CTO Kendra Phillips will lead Aurora's trucking and logistics partner programs. The newest one—a Fort Worth-El Paso hauling route for Werner Enterprises—is a key link in the commercial thoroughfare from L.A. to Atlanta. But it's a flat, monotonous run that many truck drivers find unappealing—making it a key test case for the Aurora Driver.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 23, 2022
Aurora capped off a six-month pilot test of its autonomous Toyota S-AM minivans in Dallas-Fort Worth by giving Toyota North America CEO Ted Ogawa and other execs a ride toward DFW Airport yesterday.
Aurora will continue to test and develop its ride-hailing and autonomous trucking tech from Dallas, including a new trucking route from Dallas to El Paso. It expects to launch its ride-hailing product, Aurora Connect, in late 2024.
Aurora will continue to test and develop its ride-hailing and autonomous trucking tech from Dallas, including a new trucking route from Dallas to El Paso. It expects to launch its ride-hailing product, Aurora Connect, in late 2024.
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