SAN FRANCISCO — Toyota Motor Corp. and Aurora Innovation Inc., a U.S. developer of automated driving methods, have began testing autonomous ride-hailing fleet in Texas, with two security operators and no passenger on board, Aurora said on Tuesday.
Toyota’s Sienna minivans, retrofitted with Aurora’s self-driving system, will probably be examined on highways and suburban streets within the Dallas-Fort-Value space, with the operation together with journeys enroute to an airport. Toyota’s North American headquarters is in close by Plano, Texas.
Autonomous automobile startups are underneath stress to generate significant income from billions of {dollars} of engineering funding, however scaling up the fleet is a problem as technological hurdles stay.
“The route showcases Aurora’s capacity to soundly function at freeway speeds, a key technical differentiator that permits it to prioritize widespread and profitable rides,” the U.S. firm stated in an announcement.
