First-of-Its-Kind Independent Audit Recognizes Aurora’s High Commitment to Self-Driving Safety
30 Julho 2024 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
- TÜV SÜD audited Aurora’s Safety Management System (SMS), which
governs how the organization manages safety in self-driving product
development and operations.
- This audit is the first of its kind for the US autonomous
vehicle industry, and Aurora’s performance sets a high bar for
companies seeking to deploy driverless vehicles.
TÜV SÜD, a global leader in testing, inspection, and
certification, recently completed a Safety Management System audit
of Aurora (NASDAQ: AUR), the autonomous trucking company. The audit
concluded that the company is proactive, responsible, and thorough
in its safety approach.
Throughout the auditing process, TÜV SÜD reviewed policies and
programs that directly impact the safety of Aurora’s product and
organization. This included evaluating how Aurora’s Safety
Management System helps the organization make safety-related
decisions, address safety concerns, measure organizational safety,
and prioritize the expertise of safety leadership. This was done by
inspecting Aurora’s alignment with the Automated Vehicle Safety
Consortium Report for Adapting a Safety Management System for
Automated Driving System SAE Level 4 and 5 Testing and Evaluation
(AVSC00007) – an important standard for the safety-critical
autonomous vehicle industry in the United States.
Importantly, the audit included in-depth interviews with Aurora
team members, including the CEO as Aurora’s Accountable Executive,
that evaluated safety expertise, adherence to core safety programs,
prioritization of safety policies, and management of a strong
safety culture.
The audit’s conclusions specifically highlighted the expertise
of Aurora’s Safety Team, emphasizing the value of Aurora
establishing its safety organization as an independent function
that regularly reviews program effectiveness by its established
Safety Review Board, and also seeks input from outside the company.
This includes acting upon feedback from third-party safety experts,
like Aurora’s Safety Advisory Board.
“Aurora has consistently implemented the new industry best
practice AVSC00007,” shared Bijoy Bhaskaran, Director of Mobility
Division at TÜV SÜD America Inc. “Aurora adapted best practices
from other safety-critical industries to implement safety processes
throughout their organization. This is a first-of-its-kind Safety
Management System audit for the US autonomous vehicle
industry.”
Following the audit, Aurora Chief Safety Officer Nat Beuse
stated: “Since Aurora’s founding, we’ve put safety policies and
programs at the center of how we develop our self-driving product.
TÜV SÜD was diligent in their audit, and we’re proud that their
independent assessment validated the strength of our safety
approach.”
TÜV SÜD’s audit was important for Aurora as the company
continues to prepare to deploy driverless trucks at scale, helping
the organization understand the robustness of its safety policies
and programs. For more information about safety at Aurora, visit
www.aurora.tech/safety.
About Aurora
Aurora (Nasdaq: AUR) is delivering the benefits of self-driving
technology safely, quickly, and broadly to make transportation
safer, increasingly accessible, and more reliable and efficient
than ever before. The Aurora Driver is a self-driving system
designed to operate multiple vehicle types, from freight-hauling
trucks to ride-hailing passenger vehicles, and underpins Aurora’s
driver-as-a-service products for trucking and ride-hailing. Aurora
is working with industry leaders across the transportation
ecosystem, including Continental, FedEx, Hirschbach, PACCAR, Ryder,
Schneider, Toyota, Uber, Uber Freight, Volvo Trucks, Volvo
Autonomous Solutions, and Werner. To learn more, visit
www.aurora.tech.
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