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Aurora’s autonomous trucks are now driving at night. Its next big challenge is rain.

Over the next year, Aurora Innovation CEO Chris Urmson wants to “unlock” the Sunbelt of the United States, a southern route where its self-driving trucks will carry goods for companies like Uber ...
The New York Times

Driverless Semi Trucks Are Here, With Little Regulation and Big Promises

As the trucking industry struggles to recruit drivers, driverless trucks won’t need sleep, won’t speed and won’t get road rage. But experts and truck drivers say they are not a panacea. By Tim Balk ...
Futurism

Trucking Company Deploys Self-Driving 18-Wheeler Where Human Employee Can Chill Out and Watch YouTube Videos in the Back as It Bombs Down the Highway

Last month, Aurora Innovation became the first company to operate a fully driverless semi truck service on American highways. And by “fully driverless,” we mean that no one — not a soul — was sitting ...
TechCrunch

Aurora to add night driving, new routes as it ramps driverless trucking

Autonomous vehicle technology company Aurora Innovation plans to expand on the success of its first driverless commercial launch and add night driving to its operations. Aurora said Thursday that in ...
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Pedestrian hit and killed by semi truck in Altoona Thursday night, police say

Altoona police say a semi driving north on Hubbell Avenue struck a pedestrian in the roadway Thursday night. Top Navy official fired Missing hiker found in ‘bad shape' used shorts to bandage feet, ...