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Dec 31, 2021

Aurora Q4 2021 Earnings Report

Aurora reported its fourth quarter and full-year results for 2021, marking its first report as a publicly-traded company.

Key Takeaways

Aurora Innovation reported collaboration revenue of $26.939 million for the fourth quarter of 2021. The company is focused on developing self-driving technology and building partnerships to achieve commercial launch for autonomous trucking in late 2023 and ride-hailing in late 2024.

Launched second multi-phase commercial pilot with Uber Freight during the fourth quarter.

Began pulling loads for pilot partners 5 days a week and started nighttime hauls in January.

Announced a collaboration with U.S. Xpress to leverage Variant's intelligence for autonomous technology impact.

Engineers leveraged virtual supercomputer to conduct approximately five million simulations per day during the fourth quarter.

Total Revenue
$26.9M
EPS
-$0.25
Previous year: -$0.79
-68.4%
Fleet growth vs. Q4
100%
Gross Profit
$26.9M
Cash and Equivalents
$1.61B
Previous year: $387M
+315.7%
Free Cash Flow
-$577M
Previous year: -$199M
+190.7%
Total Assets
$3.69B
Previous year: $619M
+496.2%

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Forward Guidance

Aurora is focused on executing its product roadmap and achieving critical milestones toward delivering commercial self-driving products at scale.

Positive Outlook

  • Continue to learn through collaborations and pilots.
  • Increase operational capabilities.
  • Share more on future collaborations and pilots.
  • Expand into new operational design domains (ODDs).
  • Demonstrate a major milestone towards satisfying the Fail-Safe core claim of our safety case during the third quarter of this year.