Aurora becomes first company to deploy Class 8 self-driving trucks on US public roads

[Anonymous]

Autonomous commercial technology developer Aurora Innovation, Inc., has successfully launched full-fledged freight services using self-driving trucks in the US. With the commencement of commercial trucking services, Aurora has become the first company to operate driverless services on public roads in the US. Check out Aurora’s self-driving truck navigating highways in the video below.
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According to a release from the company, its Class 8 commercial truck services are now underway in Texas, where it has begun regular deliveries between Dallas and Houston without a driver present in the vehicle. The routes are supported by Aurora Driver, the company’s SAE Level 4 self-driving system mentioned above, which is currently being utilized for long-haul trucking – a three trillion industry in the US

https://electrek.co/2025/05/01/aurora-first-company-deploy-class-8-self-driving-trucks-us-public-roads-video/

This will have big impact over time. 2.2 million heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers in the United States with an average salary $78,000 a year. Wonder if it will decrease accidents?

Love to see these in Pa. Truckers are always in the right hand lane go up hill.

[Anonymous]

NVIDIA put a lot of money into this. They came out with a chip that they are marketing for self driving technology.

[Anonymous]

Good that Tesla is not first on this. If there are problems, People will not be able to make the case that self driving is evil because Elon.

[Anonymous]

This may be why Tesla stock was up today?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
This may be why Tesla stock was up today?

No. Tesla is a meme stock. Tesla is way behind on this stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Autonomous commercial technology developer Aurora Innovation, Inc., has successfully launched full-fledged freight services using self-driving trucks in the US. With the commencement of commercial trucking services, Aurora has become the first company to operate driverless services on public roads in the US. Check out Aurora’s self-driving truck navigating highways in the video below.
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According to a release from the company, its Class 8 commercial truck services are now underway in Texas, where it has begun regular deliveries between Dallas and Houston without a driver present in the vehicle. The routes are supported by Aurora Driver, the company’s SAE Level 4 self-driving system mentioned above, which is currently being utilized for long-haul trucking – a three trillion industry in the US

https://electrek.co/2025/05/01/aurora-first-company-deploy-class-8-self-driving-trucks-us-public-roads-video/

This will have big impact over time. 2.2 million heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers in the United States with an average salary $78,000 a year. Wonder if it will decrease accidents?

Love to see these in Pa. Truckers are always in the right hand lane go up hill.

That is where they are supposed to be (if not required to be there).

[Anonymous]

Interesting.
And so many people in the Jobs and Careers forum here think A.I. won't replace their cush office jobs.

[Anonymous]

Truck hijacking is about to make a big comeback!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting.
And so many people in the Jobs and Careers forum here think A.I. won't replace their cush office jobs.

Right?!?!

Gonna be hilarious watching it happen

[Anonymous]

Truck hijacking is about to make a big comeback!

Not with all the cameras around them. Plus they are only going nonstop from Houston to Dallas right now.

[Anonymous]

Truck hijacking is about to make a big comeback!

So someone is going to drive up another empty truck to unload a semi full of roofing shingles (along an interstate highway)? That should take 5 minutes tops.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Truck hijacking is about to make a big comeback!

Goodfellas might have a harder time getting a computer program to be intimidated.
Protesting in the road also just a lot more risky.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting.
And so many people in the Jobs and Careers forum here think A.I. won't replace their cush office jobs.

My job isn’t automatable although AI could improve what we do a lot.

[Anonymous]

I wonder what this means for the truckers. I am guessing they will not be out of job. They will still ride in the truck and take over if there is a complicated situation on the road or when entering cities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Truck hijacking is about to make a big comeback!

Not with all the cameras around them. Plus they are only going nonstop from Houston to Dallas right now.

I could stop your automated truck just by having two vehicles slow down and stop in front of it. The safety and anti-collision systems will ensure that it stops and avoids any accidents, and then sits there obediently while the two vehicles block both lanes. Then another member of the team gets into the trailer, and loots out whatever pieces of cargo they want and loads it in their vehicle.

Cops? Cops might be 10 or more minutes away. Cameras? Who cares? Everyone is masked anyway. No plates on the cars either. How do they know which truck to hijack? Because they have a friend at the terminal who knows the manifests and lets me know which truck has 500 new laptops or crates of cigarettes or liquor or guns, so I don’t waste my efforts on a rando truck hauling tomatoes.


Y’all don’t think like criminals, that’s for sure