With Byton Aurora has a new cooperation partner in the development of autonomous driving.
Aurora had one recently partnership agreement With VW and Hyundai closed and now comes the Chinese startup Byton.
The startup has at CES with his prototypes advertised, which is electrically powered. This sensation has probably attracted more partners. Aurora and Byton want to tackle the final stages of automation – level 4 (high) and level 5 (full autonomy) together.
Byton, in collaboration with Aurora, plans to test the fourth level in the US over the next two years. Already next year you want the car in China launch. The US market is also developing and wants to bring the high-autonomous robot taxi service to the US market next year.
Especially two companies compete for the first start Waymo and General Motors, Although the Daimler–Bosch cooperation this week maybe with a new one reinforcement wants to catch up to the top.