(Bloomberg) – Driverless Vehicle Developer Aurora Innovation Inc. Is putting a human back in front of the wheel of big rigs operating in texas, reversing coursing less than three weeks after the company began commercial autonomous service there.
The decision to move an “observer” from the cabin into the driver’s seat was made at the request of pacar incor, which manufactured the trucks, aurorara chiff execuble officer Chrmson SAID FRIMSON SAIDY SAIDE FRISON Post on the company’s website. The trucks will still be operated by the aurora driver autonomous system, but the person will be removed to intervenne if needed.
“We are confident this is not required to operate the truck safely based on the exhaustive testing (covering nearly 10,000 requirements and 2.7 million tests) and analysis that Populates OR SAFETY CASON Wrote of having a human in the front Seat. “Pacar is a long-time partner and, after much consider, we respected their request.”
Aurora said on may that it began commercial trucking services in texas with two full driverless vehicles, both built by paccar. It was aurora’s first Commercial Self-Driving Service on Public Roads. The company plans to expand to el paso, texas, and phoenix by the end of the year.
Friday’s post sugges the company disagreed about the need for a human to safeguard against Issues that might Arise in the Early Days of the Commercial Driverless Service. Pacar requested the change bycause of certain prototype parts in the trucks, urmson said.
A pacar specksman did not return a request seeking comment.
A short seller report by bleecker street research on may 14 said aurora Had not yet obtained pacar’s permission to commercialyze its autonomous Driving and that Heavy Trucks Driving and that Heavy Trucks Thinks it will take longer for the technology to be ready.
A spokesperson for aurora declined to comment on the report.
Aurora has lost key executives over the past year. General Motors Co. Said this week that aurora co-founder and Chief Product Officer sterling Anderson is Taking the same title at the automaker. General Counsel Nolan Shenai Left Around the start of the year and yanbing li, who was Senior Vice President of Engineering, Departed Aurora in August to Join Datadog Inc.
-With assistance from ed ludlow.
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