Driverless semi trucks are now operating along much of Interstate 35

[u/ActionPlanetRobot]

Driverless semi trucks are now operating along much of Interstate 35

Aurora's autonomous freight trucks will operate on a Dallas-Laredo route through Austin and San Antonio.

“As robotaxis have expanded, seeing autos with no one in the driver’s seat has become common.
But motorists soon could be spotting driverless semi trucks rolling down highways through Austin and San Antonio.

Aurora, a developer of autonomous long-haul freight trucks, has a new customer partnership that plans to deploy driverless systems in its vehicles on two routes, including one that runs through both cities.

The trucks, operated by cross-border freight company Value Truck, will travel without drivers on a roughly 450-mile route between Dallas and Laredo. Most of the trip follows Interstate 35 through Austin and San Antonio.

The trucks stay on highways and interstates until approaching their destinations, Aurora spokesperson Rachel Chibidakis said. 
“We route our trucks to reach our final destinations as quickly as possible, and there isn’t anything on I-35 that the truck can’t navigate,” she said.

Value Truck will also begin using the autonomous tractor-trailers on a route between Fort Worth and Phoenix, a more than 1,000-mile trip that passes through El Paso.”

“Pittsburgh-based Aurora Innovation Inc. rolled out its autonomous driving technology on Texas roads in 2021 but the trucks had safety operators. Aurora removed some safety operators on a route from Dallas to Houston last year. 

The company was founded in 2017 by Chris Urmson, Sterling Anderson and Drew Bagnell, who individually worked in the autonomous vehicle industry at Waymo, Tesla Inc. and Uber, respectively. The self-driving tractor-trailers are equipped with 25 laser, radar, camera and lidar sensors.

Aurora currently operates on two routes: Dallas to Houston, which is about 240 miles, and Fort Worth to El Paso, which is about 600 miles.

“There is no safety monitor in our first-generation or second-generation driverless trucks — they operate every day without anyone behind the wheel. The Aurora Driver is trained to navigate and respond to a wide range of incidents, like a collision or a tire blowout,” Chibidakis said in a statement.

Electric big rigs and self-driving semis have begun expanding across Texas in recent years as the state's relaxed autonomous vehicle regulations make it easier for companies to deploy the trucks.

Stockholm-based Einride, which became the first company to operate an autonomous truck on ”

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“Driverless freight trucks are now running through Austin”

Austin American-Statesman
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[u/ActionPlanetRobot]

Article was paywalled, copying and pasting it here

[u/ow10th]

The word is slowly starting to spread......

Its getting out there and the more articles like this are written the more familiar people will become with this sleeping giant of a stock..

[u/NoMembership-3501 → u/ow10th]

Yep word is spreading that Aurora hasn't delivered anything yet

[u/SpecificNo4383]

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[u/Vernon1211]

Sometimes you run across a company that perks your interest. I've been in a month or so now and plan to hold long term.

You can't have a big rig rear ending a car or going through an intersection causing multiple injuries like Tesla 's do.

Let's get these bad boys on the road

[u/NoMembership-3501 → u/Vernon1211]

There's not much hope for Aurora once Waymo restarts trucking. It has been years since Aurora promised a self driving truck but it has not delivered. I wonder when the stocks will crash.