Aurora Innovation, Inc. a developer of self-driving trucks, recently announced what it called "a significant expansion of its commercial operations", including:
- beginning driverless commercial operations at night
- surpassing 20,000 driverless miles at the end of June
- growing its driverless fleet to three trucks
- opening a terminal in Phoenix
Aurora said it has expanded driverless operations on the Dallas to Houston lane to now include nighttime driving. This capability more than doubles truck utilization potential, significantly shortening delivery times on long-haul routes and creating a path to profitability for autonomous trucking, according to a statement from the company.
Aurora’s new terminal in Phoenix opened in June and exemplifies an infrastructure-light approach that resembles how Aurora plans to integrate with future customer endpoints, according to the company. Aurora makes autonomous hauls from Fort Worth to Phoenix for Hirschbach and Werner.
Aurora said it recently launched Aurora Driver Live, a publicly available livestream of its self-driving truck operations.
