[AutonomousVehicles] Aurora Self Driving Vehicles will be available as a subscription

[Cornelius Butler]

Hi Everyone,
Aurora has announced that its self-driving vehicles will be available as a
subscription service. Article Link and text are below.

Article Link:
https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/13/22724554/aurora-autonomous-vehicles-subscription-trucks-ride-hailing

Article Text:

Aurora’s autonomous trucks and taxis will be available to customers via
subscription
Aurora Connect and Aurora Horizon

By Andrew J. Hawkins at andyjayhawk  Oct 13, 2021, 1:00pm EDT

Aurora, the autonomous vehicle company founded by the former lead engineer
for Google’s self-driving car project, announced that its autonomous trucks
and taxis will be available to customers via subscriptions.

Aurora doesn’t expect to roll out its self-driving trucks and ride-hailing
vehicles until 2023 and 2024, respectively, but the company is providing
more detail about how it plans on putting them into commercial operation.

Aurora’s trucking service will be called “Aurora Horizon,” in which the
company says it will provide trucking carriers and private fleets “with a
reliable and scalable driver supply powered by the Aurora Driver.” The
Aurora Driver is the name the company uses to describe the hardware and
software it uses to enable a vehicle to drive itself under certain
conditions.

The ride-hailing service, called “Aurora Connect,” will allow vehicles
equipped with the company’s Driver technology to integrate ride-hailing
network software so it can be used as a taxi.

Aurora’s customers won’t be individual truckers or ride-hailing passengers,
but rather the logistics firms and companies that operate for-hire vehicle
fleets. In that respect, Aurora is seeking to distinguish itself from other
companies in the autonomous vehicle world, which are seeking to be both
technology providers and fleet operators.

Aurora’s decision to make its self-driving vehicles available by
subscription is unique, but not completely unheard of. The company says
that subscribers to either Aurora Horizon or Aurora Connect will have
access to the Aurora Driver, a mission control system called Aurora Beacon,
and a roadside assistance program and extended support called Aurora Shield.

The company isn’t revealing the price of its subscription products.
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