In January 2021, we entered into a collaboration framework agreement with Toyota with the intention of deploying the Aurora Driver into a fleet of Toyota Sienna vehicles, subject to further agreement of a collaboration project plan. In April 2021, we received a $50 million payment from Toyota as a part of this collaboration agreement and it is recorded as a contract liability pending finalization of the project plan. In August 2021, the project plan was agreed and signed which includes $100 million in fees expected to be collected in 2022 in addition to the $50 million received in April 2021. The total consideration received is recognized as revenue using the input measure of hours expended as a percentage of total estimated hours to complete the project. $55.6 million was recognized in the nine months ended September 30, 2021.
Once we reach commercialization, our DaaS business model will become our primary revenue source. We expect to derive recurring revenue from per-mile fees charged to users of the Aurora Driver. Recognition of this future revenue will be subject to the terms of any arrangements with our partners or users, which have not yet been negotiated. To date, we have not recorded any revenue under this model.
Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue consists of costs related to development services revenue, which is comprised of costs associated with delivering customer hardware design and development services for operating a customer’s vehicle platform with the Aurora Driver. These costs consist primarily of payroll, payroll-related expense, stock-based compensation and allocated overhead incurred as the Company performs the underlying services related to satisfying the performance obligations under the development services agreements.
As we transition towards commercialization, we expect cost of revenue to increasingly be comprised of costs needed to support the Aurora Driver. We expect these costs may include, but not be limited to, insurance, teleassistance service, telecom connectivity, cloud services, hardware, and OEM licensing fees. In early commercialization, where Aurora will operate a fleet, we expect we will incur additional cost of revenue, for example fuel costs, that we do not expect to continue significantly as we transition to our DaaS model. As this represents a new offering, we will evolve the specifics of our service bundle in partnership with our customers.
Research and Development
Research and development costs are expensed as incurred. Research and development costs consist of payroll, hardware and electrical engineering prototyping, cloud computing, data labeling, and third-party development services, as well as costs associated with vehicle operations for our test fleet of vehicles. These costs are included within research and development within the statement of operations. We expect our research and development expenses to increase in absolute dollars as we increase our investment in scaling our proprietary technologies.
Selling, General and Administrative
Selling, general and administrative costs consist primarily of personnel-related expenses such as salaries, wages and benefits as well as stock-based compensation. Selling, general and administrative also includes professional service fees, marketing and other general corporate expenses.
Following the completion of this offering, we expect to incur additional selling, general and administrative expenses as a result of operating as a public company, including expenses related to compliance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and stock exchange listing standards, additional insurance expenses, investor relations activities, and other administrative and professional services. We also expect to increase the size of our selling, general and administrative function to support the growth of our business. As a result, we expect that our selling, general and administrative expenses will increase in absolute dollars.
Interest Income
Aurora earns interest income through investments in money market securities and U.S. Treasury securities, which are classified as both cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments on the statement of financial position and are classified as available-for-sale.
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