Aurora, the self-driving truck company, has revealed its ambitious plan to deliver 30,000 of its autonomous vehicles a year. The company's chief financial officer, Paul de Marre, said that while the target is high, it's not aspirational. "We're not aiming for some sort of utopian world where everyone uses self-driving trucks," he said in an interview.
Aurora's plan involves partnering with companies like UPS and FedEx to test its technology on a large scale. The company has already received $1 billion in funding from investors, which it plans to use to accelerate the development of its autonomous trucking system. "We're focusing on getting the technology right and then scaling up," de Marre said.
The timeline for achieving this goal is ambitious, with Aurora aiming to deliver 30,000 self-driving trucks per year by 2030. While some may question whether it's possible to meet such a high target in just a decade, Aurora's CEO, Peter Ritzinger, remains confident that the company can achieve its goal. "We're committed to making this vision a reality," he said.