WATCH: Toyota Motor and Aurora Innovation have started testing autonomous ride-hailing fleet on highways and suburban streets in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with the operation including trips en route to an airport
, a U.S. developer of automated driving systems, have started testing autonomous ride-hailing fleet in Texas, with two safety operators and no passenger on board, Aurora said on Tuesday.
Toyota's Sienna minivans, retrofitted with Aurora's self-driving system, will be tested on highways and suburban streets in the Dallas-Fort-Worth area, with the operation including trips enroute to an airport. Autonomous vehicle startups are under pressure to generate meaningful revenue from billions of dollars of engineering investment, but scaling up the fleet is a challenge as technological hurdles remain."The route showcases Aurora's ability to safely operate at highway speeds, a key technical differentiator that allows it to prioritize popular and lucrative rides," the U.S. company said in a statement.
Aurora's rival Waymo charges passengers of its driverless minivans for rides in limited suburban areas in Phoenix, andWaymo said on Monday it is ready to deploy driverless vehicles in the densely populated San Francisco city, without giving a timeframe for the launch. Aurora, led by Chris Urmson, a former head of Google's self-driving car project that has since become Waymo, said it plans to continue adding vehicles to the fleet in preparation for commercial launch on ride-hailing networks such as Uber.in 2020 while the ride-hailing giant had acquired a 26% ownership interest in Aurora.Reporting by Hyunjoo Jin; Editing by Sherry Jacob-PhillipsSubscribe to our auto newsletter to get the latest news that are driving the global automotive industry.
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