Aurora Innovation, Inc. · NASDAQ:AUR
Aurora Innovation — Q3 2023 Earnings Presentation
17 slides from Aurora Innovation's earnings presentation, Nov 1, 2023
Slide 1: Third Quarter 2023 Business Update
©2023 | Aurora Proprietary THIRD QUARTER 2023 BUSINESS UPDATE NOVEMBER 1, 2023 1
Slide 2: Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements
©2023 | Aurora Proprietary Cautionary statement regarding forward-looking statements This presentation contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. All statements contained in this presentation that do not relate to matters of historical fact should
Slide 3: Aurora Horizon Roadmap to Launch
Aurora Horizon Roadmap to Launch Maturity Hardware components Aurora Driver Safety Case OEM partners Truck Customers Additional operational elements Commercial loads / wk Commercialization Geographic and freight ‘expansion 3 / Aurora a a3 : a4 re Complete’ Validation & continuous improvement Continu
Slide 4: Progressing our launch lane Safety Case toward Aurora Driver Ready
©2023 | Aurora Proprietary We are progressing our launch lane Safety Case to achieve the Aurora Driver Ready milestone Autonomy Readiness Measure (ARM) 84% ▸ Weighted measure of completeness across all claims (as of 9/30/23) under our Safety Case for the launch lane ▸ Reflects the percentage of work
Slide 5: How the Aurora Driver has progressed through development to late-stage validation
©2023 | Aurora Proprietary This is an example of how we have progressed the Aurora Driver system through development to this late stage of validation Here is a collection of simulations that demonstrate how the Aurora Driver’s response in potential sideswipe scenarios now matches how our expert comm
Slide 6: Training enables the Aurora Driver to avoid a sideswipe
©2023 | Aurora Proprietary This training enables the Aurora Driver to successfully avoid a sideswipe on the road The Aurora Driver is traveling southbound on I-45 between Dallas and Houston when our truck is almost clipped by a trailer in the neighboring lane. The Aurora Driver perceives this sidesw
Slide 7: Completed hardening of our driverless hardware for Commercial Launch
©2023 | Aurora Proprietary We have completed the hardening of our driverless hardware to support Commercial Launch ▸ Our new fleet is equipped with the latest generation of the Aurora Driver kit, which will be our Commercial Launch hardware platform ▸ This kit contains hardened versions of our propr
Slide 8: Completed second commercial-ready terminal in Houston
©2023 | Aurora Proprietary We completed the build-out of our second commercial-ready terminal, located in Houston This terminal completes the infrastructure needed for driverless operations on our Dallas to Houston commercial launch lane and establishes the first commercial-ready autonomous trucking
Slide 9: Achieved end of Q3 commercial load target of 75 loads/week
©2023 | Aurora Proprietary We achieved our end of Q3 commercial load target of 75 loads/week Cumulative-to-date through 10/29/23, we’ve delivered Across Nearly 3,200+ 895k+ 100% Loads Miles On-Time 9
Slide 10: Improvement in on-road Autonomy Performance Indicator
©2023 | Aurora Proprietary We again saw improvement in autonomy performance as measured by the on-road Autonomy Performance Indicator (API) Autonomy Performance Indicator (API) 98% (3Q23) ▸ The on-road Autonomy Performance Indicator (API) tracks our performance to successfully operate the Aurora Hor
Slide 11: The Aurora Driver handling a contested lane change
©2023 | Aurora Proprietary The Aurora Driver handling a contested lane change On approach to Houston on I-45, the Aurora Driver decides to lane change to the left and turns on its turn signal. As it begins the lane change, another vehicle starts a last minute, aggressive lane change into the same sp
Slide 12: The Aurora Driver encounters a wrong-way driver and avoids a collision
©2023 | Aurora Proprietary The Aurora Driver encounters a wrong-way driver and avoids a collision The Aurora Driver has just exited the highway in Houston. Traveling Southbound after a stoplight has turned green, it perceives a vehicle in its lane driving the wrong way toward the truck. The Aurora D
Slide 13: Advancing vehicle platforms and Hardware as a Service partnership
©2023 | Aurora Proprietary We are advancing our vehicle platforms and Hardware as a Service partnership ▸ Achieved the first major ▸ Brought online our new fleet of partnership milestone, which Peterbilt 579 trucks, upfitted finalized the development plans with the latest generation of for the futur
Slide 14: Appendix
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Slide 15: Additional detail regarding our on-road autonomy performance indicator
©2023 | Aurora Proprietary Additional detail regarding our on-road autonomy performance indicator We believe the key to developing autonomous technology for safe, commercial operation is through robust development, testing, and validation through both simulation and on-road driving. As we have said
Slide 16: Autonomy performance indicator components
©2023 | Aurora Proprietary The Aurora Driver’s autonomy performance indicator is reflected as a percentage of total commercially-representative miles driven over the quarter, that incorporates three components: ● Miles driven during the quarter that did not require support, with support meaning assi
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