Aurora's stock debuts on Nasdaq with 2% rise
Aurora's stock debuts on Nasdaq with 2% rise
By Claudia Assis
克勞迪婭·阿西斯(Claudia Assis)著
Driverless-technology company says it has more than $1.8 billion in cash after SPAC merger
無人駕駛技術公司表示，SPAC合併後擁有超過18億美元的現金
Shares of autonomous-vehicle technology company Aurora Innovation Inc. rose nearly 2% on Thursday, their debut on the Nasdaq after the merger with a blank-check company was completed.
自動駕駛汽車技術公司極光創新公司(Aurora Innovation Inc.)週四股價上漲近2%，在與一家空白支票公司的合併完成後，該公司在納斯達克(Nasdaq)上市。
The merger with special-purpose acquisition company Reinvent Technology Partners Y formally closed on Wednesday, leaving Aurora (AUR) with more than $1.8 billion in gross proceeds and cash on hand, the company said.
奧羅拉(Aurora)表示，與特殊目的收購公司Reinvent Technology Partners Y的合併於週三正式完成，使該公司的毛收入和手頭現金超過18億美元。
Aurora announced the plan to merge and become a public company in July. Reinvent is led by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and Zynga Inc. (ZNGA) founder Mark Pincus.
奧羅拉在7月份宣佈了合併併成為上市公司的計劃。Reinvent由領英(LinkedIn)聯合創始人裏德·霍夫曼和社交遊戲公司(Zynga Inc.)創始人馬克·平卡斯領導。
Aurora Driver, the company's flagship autonomous driving product, is designed to apply to vehicles from commercial trucks to passenger cars.
該公司的旗艦自動駕駛產品Aurora Driver旨在適用於從商用卡車到乘用車的各種車輛。
Aurora plans to launch its autonomous commercial trucking business, Aurora Horizon, by late 2023, followed by a driverless ride-hailing business, Aurora Connect, in 2024.
Aurora計劃在2023年底之前推出其自主商業卡車運輸業務Aurora Horizon，隨後在2024年推出無人駕駛叫車業務Aurora Connect。
The company has inked partnerships with Uber Technologies Inc and an unit of Volvo Group.
該公司已經與優步和沃爾沃集團的一個部門簽署了合作伙伴關係。
-Claudia Assis
-克勞迪婭·阿西斯(Claudia Assis)