{"id":18650,"date":"2022-03-28T12:04:21","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T16:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=18650"},"modified":"2022-03-28T12:04:21","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T16:04:21","slug":"1135428_self-driving-vans-from-toyota-and-aurora-partnership-start-testing-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=18650","title":{"rendered":"Self-driving vans from Toyota and Aurora partnership start testing in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"

A year out from announcing plans to partner on the development of self-driving cars<\/a>, Toyota and Aurora Innovation have rolled out their first fleet of prototypes.<\/p>\n

The prototypes are based on Toyota’s Sienna minivan and have been deployed in Texas, where they are testing on both highways and suburban streets.<\/p>\n

They are testing in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where Aurora has been testing self-driving semi-trailer trucks since 2020. Some of the conditions the prototypes are faced with include U-turns, as well as high-speed mergers and lane changes. The prototypes can also react to irregularities such as vehicles on the shoulder, road construction, and poor weather.<\/p>\n

Aurora has developed the self-driving system, known as the Aurora Driver, and Toyota has integrated this into its Sienna minivan. Members of the public aren’t involved for the current phase of testing, and there’s still an emergency driver behind the wheel at all times.<\/p>\n