Driverless 18-wheelers may reach your street sooner than you think

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• FirstLight LIDAR sees 11 seconds further than conventional LIDAR

  80% confidence

• Aurora has driven 100,000+ miles driverlessly to date

  80% confidence

• Aurora's target market represents a $1 trillion market opportunity

  80% confidence

• Companies not using autonomous technology in 5 years will probably not be competitive

  80% confidence

• Aurora's mission differs from OEM missions, focusing on self-driving technology benefits

  80% confidence

• Commercial trucking industry needs 1 million truck drivers over next decade

  80% confidence

• Aurora intends to remain independent publicly traded company rather than being acquired

  80% confidence

• Automated vehicles will create 450,000 new jobs in America over next 15 years

  80% confidence

• Aurora conducted 4.5 million tests before driverless road deployment

  80% confidence

• Think big and consider what actually could be done rather than what could be made to happen in the near term

  80% confidence

• In 10 years, trucks will look quite a bit different with cab redesign or elimination

  80% confidence

• 50,000 Americans die annually in traffic accidents

  80% confidence

• Aurora's mission is to deliver benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly

  80% confidence

• A lot of freight will be moved by automated vehicles over next couple decades

  80% confidence

• Aurora advocates for federal framework but it is not required for operations

  80% confidence

• The Aurora Driver is always attentive, never gets distracted, never calls in sick

  80% confidence

• In 50 years, people will question why humans were allowed to drive

  80% confidence

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