Aurora finalizes design of self-driving trucks it will make with Continental

Autonomous vehicle company Aurora Innovation announced the finalization of the design, architecture, and hardware for its Aurora Driver. The technology will power its future lineup of driverless semi trucks that it's producing with German auto supplier Continental starting in 2027.

Aurora says it still plans on deploying a handful of fully driverless trucks by the end of 2024. But having reached the milestone of finalizing the design of its self-driving hardware and software stack, the company says it's poised to deploy thousands" of trucks in just three years.

Aurora - which was founded in 2017 by alumni of Uber, Tesla, and Waymo - has said it plans to deploy 20 fully autonomous trucks this year, with an eye on expanding to about 100...

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