Aurora, Continental, and NVIDIA announced a strategic partnership to deploy driverless trucks at scale, powered by the next-gen NVIDIA DRIVE Thor system-on-a-chip.

Aurora Innovation's shares rose 35% on Tuesday after the self-driving technology developer announced a long-term deal with Nvidia and Germany's Continental to deploy driverless trucks.

Key Takeaways Shares of Aurora Innovation surged Tuesday morning after the company announced a new partnership to develop driverless trucks.The company will work with Nvidia to develop its self-driving software,

Driverless trucks are expected to start hauling freight on Interstate 45 between the Dallas and Houston areas with 20 driverless trucks in the near term

Aurora's partnership with NVIDIA has boosted sentiment but is unlikely to meaningfully alter the trajectory of its business. Learn more about AUR stock here.

Aurora Innovation, Inc. (NASDAQ:AUR) shares are trading higher premarket on Tuesday. On Monday, the company inked a long-term partnership with NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) and Continental AG (OTC:CTTAF) to scale driverless trucks using NVIDIA’s next-gen DRIVE Thor SoC.

Building on NVIDIA DRIVE™, Aurora’s SAE Level 4 autonomous-driving system will integrate with NVIDIA’s accelerated compute running DriveOS.

Aurora, Continental and Nvidia recently announced a partnership at CES to deploy and manufacture driverless trucks at scale. The post Aurora, Continental and Nvidia announce partnership at CES appeared first on FreightWaves.

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Self-driving tech company Aurora (NASDAQ:AUR), automotive suppliers company Continental and Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) entered a long-term strategic partnership to deploy driverless trucks at scale. This collaboration will leverage NVIDIA's (NASDAQ:NVDA) next-generation DRIVE Thor system-on-a-chip and DriveOS,