Many people think thatCompared with ordinary passenger cars, it is actually the large trucks responsible for long-distance transportation that are most in need of autonomous driving. You must know that many vicious traffic accidents are caused by truck drivers driving tiredly in a hurry.Maybe such a day is not far away.
Recently, American autonomous driving company Aurora Innovation announced a major breakthrough:Its self-driving truck successfully completed a 1,000-mile (1,609-kilometer) continuous transportation mission, taking only about 15 hours with no breaks and zero human intervention..
For comparison, it takes a human driver at least 2 days, or about 28 hours, to complete such a long distance, including mandatory breaks: According to regulations, truck drivers must take a 30-minute break after driving for 8 consecutive hours, with a maximum driving time of 11 hours in a single day, followed by a 10-hour mandatory break.
This achievement exceeds the driving time limit for human drivers under U.S. federal regulations and marks a new stage of "superhuman efficiency" for self-driving freight.
The key to this technological breakthrough lies in the Aurora Driver 6.0 software version. This system can autonomously navigate on highways and some surface streets and cope with various weather conditions such as rain, fog, and strong winds.
Aurora currently has 30 driverless trucks, and its operating network has expanded from Texas to Arizona. The total network reaches 10 routes, enabling 24/7 operation, and the utilization rate has increased by more than 100%.
companyThe system has accumulated 3 million miles of supervised autonomous driving and 250,000 miles of fully unmanned driving. The monthly revenue of the commercial fleet has reached 400,000 US dollars.And it is expected to alleviate the shortage of truck drivers in the United States.
