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Aurora Unveils Ride-Hailing Test Fleet, Based on the Toyota Sienna
Fleet of Sienna-AutonoMaaS vehicles designed to interface with Aurora Driver Achievement of critical milestone demonstrates one of Aurora’s key competitive
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nFleet of Sienna-AutonoMaaS vehicles designed to interface with Aurora Driver\n\n\nAchievement of critical milestone demonstrates one of Aurora’s key competitive advantages, the transferability of its Common Core of Technology across vehicle-types\n\n\n DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nAurora Innovation, Inc. (NASDAQ: AUR) has unveiled its test fleet of its autonomous custom-designed Toyota Sienna vehicles featuring Toyota’s Vehicle Control Interface (VCI) and “Sienna Autono-MaaS” (S-AM) platform. The Toyota S-AM will serve as the backbone platform for the expected launch of Aurora Connect, its autonomous ride-hailing product.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220323005390/en/Aurora unveiled its test fleet of its autonomous custom-designed Toyota Sienna vehicles featuring Toyota’s Vehicle Control Interface (VCI) and “Sienna Autono-MaaS” (S-AM) platform. (Photo: Aurora)\nAurora has worked with Toyota Motor North America’s (Toyota) engineering team over the last year to establish and refine requirements to prepare this vehicle model platform to integrate with the Aurora Driver. Since unveiling its prototype last fall, Aurora has further refined the Aurora Driver hardware while Toyota built a larger fleet of platform vehicles at its facilities, customized for the requirements of its customers, including Aurora.\n\nAurora is autonomously testing the fleet on highways and suburban streets in Texas, where the Aurora Driver regularly handles Texas U-turns, high-speed merges, and lane changes, including those in response to vehicles on the shoulder. The Aurora Driver is also able to react to various forms of construction, stop-and-go traffic, inclement weather, and can detect pedestrians, motorcyclists, traffic lights, and more.\n\nIn honor of the milestone, Toyota executives were invited to be the first to experience the Aurora Driver in the Toyota S-AM. The riders were picked up at Toyota’s Headquarters and then driven autonomously on a portion of the route that would normally be taken to the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. 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, like trips to the airport, when it launches Aurora Connect.\n\n“We cong...