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Dive Brief:
- Aurora Innovation, which is completing a safety review for its self-driving truck technology, has extended its goal of completing a safety readiness analysis from late 2023 to around the end of the first quarter of 2024, according to November 1 shareholders’ report.
- The tech company processed about 460 claims and realized it needed more time in that process, but it won’t need to add additional resources in that area, said co-founder and CEO Chris Urmson. Third quarter earnings call.
- “While the vast majority of this work will be done,” Urmson said, “it will have no impact on our commercial timing,” reiterating that the company still plans to have a commercial launch by the end of 2024.
Dive Insight:
Aurora completed self-driving capabilities in early 2023 and is working to complete safety assessments, where the company justifies statements about its technology.
Previously, Aurora scored the Range Readiness Measure, which Urmson described as a weighted measure of occupancy across all claims of the Dallas-Houston launch pad and runway, it was 84% completed at the end of the third quarter.
“The performance of an autonomy system needs to be validated against a huge number of scenarios, many of which are fortunately rare on public roads,” Urmson said.
Even when an Aurora self-driving truck faces aggressive driving situations, it can safely deal with potential problems, according to the company.
For example, his computer system can avoid side garbage Moreover cancel a lane change plan to avoid a collision if a passenger vehicle is moving quickly across multiple lanes of traffic, Urmson said.
While the security readiness analysis continues, Aurora will try to make the technology work in other places, given the harsher operating environments.
Since Oct. 29, the company has delivered autonomously — under the supervision of vehicle operators — more than 3,200 loads, covering more than 895,000 commercial miles, Urmson said, naming pilot customers such as FedEx, Werner Enterprises, Schneider National, Hirschbach Motor Lines and Uber. Load.
“We are more confident than ever in our leadership position and see our advantage continuing to grow,” said Urmson.