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Aurora Keeps on (Autonomously) Truckin’ with Release of Its Driver Beta 5.0 System

by | Dec 20, 2022
Aurora Innovation is already hauling freight with its self-driving trucks from Dallas-Fort Worth to Houston and El Paso, for customers including FedEx, Uber Freight, Werner, and Schneider. The release of its Aurora Driver Beta 5.0 adds detection and appropriate response to emergency vehicles like ambulances, fire engines, and law enforcement vehicles, along with other enhanced capabilities.
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Aurora Hires Former Ryder CTO, Opens New Terminals in Fort Worth and El Paso to Support Autonomous Pilot Partnership with Werner
by | 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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Frisco-Based Transplace Acquired by Uber Freight in $2.25B Deal
by | Jul 22, 2021
With the deal, San Francisco-based Uber Freight aims to create "one of the leading logistics technology platforms." The combined services—Uber Freight’s network of carriers and Transplace’s shipper technology and operational solutions—make for a fully scaled logistics platform.
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Daseke Betting on Technology Ready for the Long Haul
by | May 29, 2018
The Addison-based trucking empire has outfitted its trucks with the latest technology, some of which goes beyond what you find in today’s higher-end consumer vehicles.
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