Aurora Outlines Product Milestones on Path to Commercial Launch
20 January 2022 - 12:55AM
Business Wire
At the end of Q1 2022, Aurora expects to launch Aurora Driver
Beta 2.0 with first test fleet of Aurora Driver-powered Toyota
Siennas for ride-hailing and the next generation of Aurora
Driver-powered trucks
In Q3 of 2022, Aurora plans to demonstrate fail-safe
capabilities, a critical step towards satisfying a core principle
of its Safety Case Framework
The self-driving company Aurora (NASDAQ: AUR) is building a
product that will save lives, increase access to transportation,
and bring much-needed relief and support to supply chains. Aurora’s
path to commercial launch is designed to develop the Aurora Driver
specifically in conditions that are commercially relevant for its
customers. Through early investment in foundational technology and
strategic programs that accelerate progress, Aurora is building the
industry’s first autonomous trucking and ride-hailing business at
scale.
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Aurora Driver 2.0: Aurora Expects
to Introduce first test fleet of Aurora Driver-powered Toyota
Siennas and the next generation of Aurora Driver-powered
trucks
The Aurora Driver uniquely features Aurora’s common core of
technology which includes hardware, software, infrastructure, and
development tools that enable Aurora’s technology to integrate with
multiple vehicle types, from a Class 8 truck to a passenger sedan.
At the end of Q1, the company expects to launch the Aurora Driver
Beta 2.0, the next generation of Aurora-Driver-powered trucks. With
Aurora’s Common Core, Aurora can leverage those technologies and
capabilities to launch the first generation of Aurora’s passenger
vehicle fleet – the Aurora Driver-powered Siennas.
Over the next year, quarterly releases will include updates that
refine the Aurora Driver’s ability to operate on highways and on
surrounding surface streets on both platforms. Each Beta release
will represent progress towards a complete, commercially-viable
product, increasing the expanse and maturity necessary to deliver a
scalable Aurora Driver.
Aurora Measures Technical
Progress with Expanse and Maturity
Aurora's product roadmap is designed to deliver the Aurora
Driver at a large commercial scale. With each product release,
Aurora will deliver an Aurora Driver that's incrementally advancing
on two axes: Expanse and Maturity. Expanse represents the breadth
of capabilities and domains in which the Aurora Driver can operate.
For example, training the Aurora Driver to handle different types
of construction on highways, then suburban settings, and
ultimately, dense urban environments are increased in the Driver’s
“expanse.” Maturity represents the degree to which capabilities are
ready for commercial deployment and will evolve from development to
validation to completion. Maturity will be exemplified through
longer durations of commercially-representative, autonomous
operation with a Safety Case that supports it.
Aurora Defines Safety with
Industry-Leading Safety Case Framework
Aurora believes that building and executing a Safety Case is
necessary for any company looking to safely deliver
commercial-ready self-driving vehicles without a Vehicle Operator
at scale. Aurora’s Safety Case Framework serves as its roadmap for
removing Vehicle Operators from Aurora Driver-powered vehicles —
not just once or in ways that are unwieldy for customers – but
permanently and at scale. As the Aurora Driver matures, Aurora
expects to demonstrate an increasingly capable Aurora Driver that
can operate safely in commercially-representative settings.
In Q3 of this year, Aurora expects to show that the Aurora
Driver can respond to system failures at highway speeds by safely
pulling over to the shoulder without Vehicle Operator intervention.
This capability is a critical milestone that shows the maturity of
the Aurora Driver and Aurora’s progress towards satisfying the
Fail-Safe core claim of its Safety Case Framework.
Looking Ahead: Delivering at
Scale
Aurora is working toward the launch of its trucking business in
late 2023 and its ride-hailing business in late 2024. “The Aurora
Driver is an incredible solution to transportation challenges that
impact goods shortages and road safety. We are taking a
responsible, commercially-focused approach to deliver the Aurora
Driver, and I expect our progress over the next several quarters to
demonstrate this as we advance toward commercialization,” said
CEO and Co-Founder Chris Urmson. “Looking out a decade from
now, we see tremendous opportunity for the Aurora Driver with the
potential for hundreds of thousands of safe and efficient Aurora
Driver-powered trucks and cars to be operating across a variety of
use cases. We have a clear and measured path to get there and we’re
excited to share our progress with the world.”
About Aurora
Aurora (Nasdaq: AUR) is delivering the benefits of self-driving
technology safely, quickly, and broadly. Founded in 2017 by experts
in the self-driving industry, Aurora is revolutionizing
transportation – making it safer, increasingly accessible, and more
reliable and efficient than ever before. Its flagship product, the
Aurora Driver, is a platform that brings together software,
hardware, and data services, to autonomously operate passenger
vehicles, light commercial vehicles, and heavy-duty trucks. Aurora
is partnered with industry leaders across the transportation
ecosystem including Toyota, Uber, Volvo, FedEx, and PACCAR. Aurora
tests its vehicles in the Bay Area, Pittsburgh, and Texas and has
offices in those areas as well as in Bozeman, MT; Seattle, WA;
Louisville, CO; and Wixom, MI. To learn more, visit
www.aurora.tech.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements
This Press Release contains certain forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the federal securities laws. All statements
contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of
historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements,
including but not limited, to those statements around our ability
to achieve certain milestones around and commercialize the Aurora
Driver on the timeframe we expect or at all. These statements are
based on management’s current assumptions and are neither promises
nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties
and other important factors that may cause our actual results,
performance or achievements to be materially different from any
future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by
the forward-looking statements. For factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in
this press release, please see the risks and uncertainties
identified under the heading “Risk Factors” section of the
definitive Registration Statement of Aurora Innovation, Inc.
(“Aurora) on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on November 12, 2021 and
other documents filed by Aurora from time to time with the SEC,
which are accessible on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. All
forward-looking statements reflect our beliefs and assumptions only
as of the date of this press release. Aurora undertakes no
obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect future
events or circumstances.
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