Aurora Innovation, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Derivative Liabilities - Narrative (Details)

Derivative Liabilities - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Dec. 03, 2021 tradingDay $ / shares	Jul. 14, 2021 tradingDay $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) shares	Nov. 03, 2021 $ / shares shares
Derivative [Line Items]
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities \| $			$ (2,631)	$ 0	$ 103,057	$ 0
Warrant written notice of redemption period	30 days
Earnout shares liability \| $			5,076		$ 5,076		$ 52,380
Earnout shares, vested (in shares) \| shares					0
Sponsor Shares Subject to Time-Based Lock-Up Provision
Derivative [Line Items]
Earnout shares (in shares) \| shares		5,162,314
Earnout shares liability
Derivative [Line Items]
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities \| $			$ (1,153)		$ 47,304
Stock Price Trigger One \| Sponsor Shares Subject to Time-Based Lock-Up Provision
Derivative [Line Items]
Earnout shares (in shares) \| shares		1,720,772
Earnout period		2 years
Earnout period, stock price trigger (in usd per share) \| $ / shares		$ 15.00
Earnout period, threshold (trading days) \| tradingDay		20
Earnout period, threshold (trading day period) \| tradingDay		30
Stock Price Trigger Two \| Sponsor Shares Subject to Time-Based Lock-Up Provision
Derivative [Line Items]
Earnout shares (in shares) \| shares		1,720,771
Earnout period		3 years
Earnout period, stock price trigger (in usd per share) \| $ / shares		$ 17.50
Earnout period, threshold (trading days) \| tradingDay		20
Earnout period, threshold (trading day period) \| tradingDay		30
Stock Price Trigger Three \| Sponsor Shares Subject to Time-Based Lock-Up Provision
Derivative [Line Items]
Earnout shares (in shares) \| shares		1,720,771
Earnout period		4 years
Earnout period, stock price trigger (in usd per share) \| $ / shares		$ 20.00
Earnout period, threshold (trading days) \| tradingDay		20
Earnout period, threshold (trading day period) \| tradingDay		30
Public warrants
Derivative [Line Items]
Warrants outstanding (in shares) \| shares			12,218,291		12,218,291		12,218,420	12,218,750
Warrants exercise price (usd per share) \| $ / shares								$ 11.50
Warrants exercised (in shares) \| shares					129
Proceeds from warrant exercised \| $					$ 1
Warrant liability \| $			$ 9,925		9,925		$ 65,678
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities \| $			$ (1,478)		$ 55,753
Warrant, redemption period (threshold trading days) \| tradingDay	20
Warrant redemption period, threshold (trading day period) \| tradingDay	30
Public warrants \| Common Class A
Derivative [Line Items]
Warrant, redemption period (threshold trading days) \| tradingDay	10
Shares received upon exercise of warrant (capped)	0.361
Public warrants \| Stock Price Trigger One
Derivative [Line Items]
Warrant redemption period, stock price trigger (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 10.00
Warrant redemption (usd per share) \| $ / shares	0.10
Public warrants \| Stock Price Trigger Two
Derivative [Line Items]
Warrant redemption period, stock price trigger (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	18.00
Warrant redemption (usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.01
Private placement warrants
Derivative [Line Items]
Warrants outstanding (in shares) \| shares			8,900,000		8,900,000		8,900,000	8,900,000
Warrants exercise price (usd per share) \| $ / shares								$ 11.50