Aurora said carriers who subscribe to its self-driving product will be able to book autonomous trucks through the Uber Freight platform once commercial self-driving trucks launch in 2023.
see photosThe company plans to launch its commercial autonomous trucking business by the end of 2023.
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.
Uber is an investor in Aurora and Uber has acquired 26% ownership in Aurora after the self-driving company bought Uber’s autonomous vehicle unit ATG last year.
Uber Freight is a platform that acts as a middleman in connecting shippers who need freight with available truck drivers, often independent contractors in a highly fragmented market.
A spokeswoman for Aurora said that ahead of last week’s launch, the company began collaborating with Uber Freight a year ago to gain insight into how it began hauling freight more than thousands of miles across Texas.
Uber is an investor in Aurora after the self-driving company bought Uber’s autonomous vehicle unit
Aurora said carriers who subscribe to its self-driving product will be able to book autonomous trucks through the Uber Freight platform once commercial self-driving trucks launch in 2023.
Aurora said that by using autonomous trucks, carriers will be able to increase truck usage and move more cargo between terminals. Human truck drivers are not allowed to drive more than 11 hours per day – restrictions that do not apply to self-driving trucks.
The pilot program deploys the so-called drop-and-hook load, an industry term that describes a driver dropping a full container at a terminal and then immediately waiting to unload it, without waiting to grab a new one. .
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The companies said human-powered trucks booked through the Uber freight network take the last mile to the actual destination, where goods are being unloaded.
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