Aurora’s Road to Driverless Freight (with Sterling Anderson)

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The Ride AI podcast presents cutting-edge insights and meaningful conversations with the world’s top mobility technology leaders so that you learn hard-won lessons of investment and innovation. Ride AI is hosted by Ed Niedermeyer an American author and analyst who focuses on the automotive industry and mobility innovation. Co-hosts include Horace Dediu, Oliver Bruce and James Gross.

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Aurora’s Road to Driverless Freight (with Sterling Anderson)

Ride AI

36 minutes 16 seconds

9 months ago

Aurora’s Road to Driverless Freight (with Sterling Anderson)

The AV trucking company Aurora is spending the final days of 2024 busily getting ready to start hauling freight without humans on board, a long-awaited milestone. On the eve of this potentially historic launch, our host Timothy B. Lee catches up with co-founder Sterling Anderson about the long road of technological innovation that led here.

Sterling shares his journey from leading Autopilot at Tesla to starting Aurora in late 2016.
The conversation covers the technical and strategic decisions behind Aurora's development, emphasizing their shift from robotaxis to autonomous trucking.
Sterling highlights key partnerships with OEMs and others that have allowed Aurora scale their operations efficiently.
Tim and Sterling discuss Aurora's unique approach of verifiable AI to ensure safety and reliability compared to end-to-end monolithic systems.
Finally, Sterling explains the critical regulatory aspects Aurora is navigating as they aim for a driverless trucking launch between Dallas and Houston by April 2025.