Uber Freight and Aurora Innovation launch Premier Autonomy
26 June 2024
Uber Freight and Aurora Innovation are launching Premier Autonomy, a new program providing early access to more than 1 billion of Aurora’s driverless miles to Uber Freight carriers through 2030. The program is the latest in their longstanding partnership to integrate and deploy autonomous trucks on the Uber Freight network to enable carriers of all sizes to improve utilization and enhance business efficiency through autonomous technology.
Additionally, Uber Freight will be one of Aurora’s first customers on its Dallas-to-Houston freight route, with driverless hauls for shippers expected at the end of 2024.
Premier Autonomy offers carriers an early and streamlined path to purchase and onboard the Aurora Driver with benefits including:
Subscription to the Aurora Driver for autonomous freight hauling.
Opportunity to access over 1 billion driverless miles through 2030.
High utilization of autonomous trucks via a planned, seamless integration of the Aurora Driver into the Uber Freight platform.
Premier Autonomy enables carriers of all sizes to utilize transformative technology to enhance their operations. Today, a human-driven truck takes two to three days to move freight from Dallas to Los Angeles. With the Aurora Driver, that trip has the potential to be completed in a single day. Aurora’s research indicates autonomous trucks have the promise of being up to 32% more energy efficient than traditional trucking by optimizing highway speeds, reducing deadhead miles and idling, increasing vehicle utilization and off-peak driving, programmed eco-driving, and more.
Uber Freight and Aurora have hauled millions of pounds of cargo since pilots began in 2020, providing critical learnings about how to effectively move goods autonomously. The scale and density of Uber Freight’s network, along with its marketplace technology and expertise, make it a preferred platform for autonomous truck deployment.
The Uber Freight network will also identify shippers with suitable freight for the Aurora Driver to optimize utilization.
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