What You Should Have Told When You Hit the Road: Volvo Introduced Its Fully Autonomous Truck

A truck produced by Volvo and loaded with autonomous driving technologies by Aurora Innovation was introduced at the ACT Expo in Las Vegas. According to the statements received, Aurora will assign these vehicles of Volvo to carry loads in its fleet in the summer of this year. Trucks are one to the human operator but most of the time driving will be on autopilot.

Later this year, Volvo VNL autonomous vehicles will be Pilot programs to be announced by Aurora will take part. It is also stated that Volvo has already started production of these vehicles. It is known that Aurora wants to put autonomous truck fleets into use by the end of this year.

Aurora isn’t giving up on autonomous truck fleets

Aurora’s effort shows that autonomous truck projects have not been completely abandoned. Last year, while the Waymo Via autonomous truck project was terminated, TuSimple announced that it was withdrawing from the US market to focus on the Asian market. Last January, Aurora also announced that its employees 3 percent He announced that he was terminating his employment.

The partnership between Volvo and Aurora is in March 2021 It started with the signed agreement. Aurora began working with companies including FedEx, Ryder, Schneider and Uber Freight. In January, Continental and Aurora completed their work on the autonomous vehicle kit and the secondary computer that will take over control in case of failure, successfully completing the 300 million dollar project. Although Continental equipment will not be used until 2027, Volvo VNL vehicles will also come with safety measures.