Self-Driving Truck Company Aurora Launches Pilot with Uber Freight
Aurora Innovation Inc. said on Wednesday that it had launched a pilot program with Uber Technologies Inc.’s freight unit in Texas to integrate freight transportation and autonomous trucking into Uber Freight’s shipping platform.
Aurora said it began autonomously transporting loads for Uber Freight customers between Dallas and Houston last week. The company plans to launch its commercial autonomous trucking business in Texas by the end of 2023. [1]
Figure 1. Self-Driving Truck Company Aurora Launches Pilot with Uber Freight
Figure 1 shows uber is an investor in Aurora after the autonomous company bought the ATG autonomous vehicle unit from Uber last year and Uber acquired a 26% stake in Aurora.
Uber Freight is a platform that acts as an intermediary to connect shippers who need goods transported with available truck drivers, often independent contractors in a highly fragmented market. [2]
A spokeswoman for Aurora mentioned that forward of final week’s launch, the corporate started collaborating with Uber Freight a year in the past to achieve perception into the way it started hauling freight greater than 1000’s of miles throughout Texas.
Uber is an investor in Aurora after the self-driving firm purchased Uber’s autonomous car unit
Aurora mentioned carriers who subscribe to its self-driving product will have the ability to e book autonomous vans via the Uber Freight platform as soon as business self-driving vans launch in 2023.
Aurora mentioned that by utilizing autonomous vans, carriers will have the ability to enhance truck utilization and transfer extra cargo between terminals. Human truck drivers should not allowed to drive greater than 11 hours per day – restrictions that don’t apply to self-driving vans.
The pilot program deploys the so-called drop-and-hook load, an business time period that describes a driver dropping a full container at a terminal after which instantly ready to unload it, without ready to seize a brand new one.
References:
- https://news.bharattimes.co.in/self-driving-truck-company-aurora-launches-pilot-with-uber-freight/
- https://www.maritimegateway.com/uber-freight-pilots-with-autonomous-trucks/
- https://harpianews.com/self-driving-truck-firm-aurora-launches-pilot-with-uber-freight/
Cite this article:
Thanusri swetha J (2022), Self-Driving Truck Company Aurora Launches Pilot with Uber Freight, pp. 64