Autonomous Trucks
Aurora Innovation, a self-driving technology company, plans to commercialize autonomous trucks by the end of next year. In California, where the company is partly headquartered and has incubated much of its technology, it’s a different story. Chris Urmson: AB 316 is a bill that would require, well, would basically mean that California is not a place for automated trucks. Personally, it’s a little bit sad that having helped incubate this technology in California to not have Californians benefit from it. Chris Urmson (Courtesy Aurora Innovation)Urmson: I think I’d think about it more about the benefit to society.