Aurora’s autonomous Aurora technology company plans to expand the success of its first commercial launch and add driving night to its activities.
Aurora said on Thursday in the second half of 2025 that it would start sending self-guiding trucks out at night and during adverse weather conditions such as rain or heavy wind. The company, which provided information to the letter of the first quarter shareholder, also plans to expand its driverless route beyond Dallas to Houston and El Paso and Phoenix.
“We would like to have a high performance of assets for each truck we have, so we will try to drive the efficiency to get as many kilometers as possible as quickly as possible,” said Aurora Cfo Dave Maday on Thursday during the call of the first squares of the company. “We have to be able to double the driving time as soon as we unlock the night and this is our next main milestone.”
Aurora is already running trucks trucks under these conditions, but with a human safety operator behind the steering wheel. The company said it has completed more than 4,000 miles on a single driver without a driver without a cargo driver for Hirschbach Motor Lines and Uber Freight.
Aurora’s commercial launch week, the company has already expanded to two driver -free trucks operating on a daily basis and says it expects to operate “dozens of trucks” by the end of 2025.
The milestone and future plans come along with another major shift to the company: the resignation of the co -founder and the head of the Sterling Anderson products.
Aurora shared new details on Thursday in the letter of first quarter shareholders on plans for the development of the autonomous commodity service, signaling that it will provide more specific timetables for key milestones as it expands.
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Aurora made $ 871 in revenue from pilot revenue from driver’s commercial routes, which increased by 22% on a quarterly basis and 54% compared to the same time last year, per Maday.
“In commercial launch, we will begin to recognize revenue,” he said on Thursday during the profits of the first quarter of Aurora. “This will include driver revenue as well as continuing pilots revenue … With our deliberate approach to start, we expect our 2025 revenue to be average in the mid -digit of millions.
The company reported $ 211 million in operating expenses, including $ 153 million for R&D. It used $ 142 million in operating cash and $ 8 million in CAPEX in the first quarter, ending with about $ 1.2 billion in cash and short -term dollars. Aurora expects to spend $ 175 to $ 185 million per quarter for the rest of this year.
In the short term, Aurora is planning to own, operate, maintain and secure its own trucks-available on the Uber Freight network for customers. The company works with Paccar and Volvo Trucks to build self-leading trucks on a scale. Starting in 2027 or earlier, Aurora expects customers to buy these trucks directly from manufacturers so that they can move to a driver-as-service model and achieve “high mixed margins” per Maday.
This article was informed with more information on Aurora’s registered revenue and the company’s subsequent milestones.
