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Aurora Innovation·US·Autonomous trucking

Aurora Driver.

L4 autonomous trucking stack; first commercial driverless freight hauls Dallas–Houston Apr 2025.

Commercial

Certification: SAE Level 4; Texas allows driverless commercial trucking

Verified 2026-09-24

Sensor coverage

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Aurora Driver — sensor coverage (top-down)FWD ▲Aurora Driver

Multi-modal suite of more than two dozen sensors: cameras, radar, and FirstLight Lidar.

Sourced metrics

SAE Autonomy Level
L4
Cumulative autonomous miles (millions)
500K mi

Technical subsystems

  • perception↗

    Multi-modal suite of more than two dozen sensors: cameras, radar, and FirstLight Lidar.

  • compute↗

    NVIDIA DRIVE Thor SoC running DriveOS in the Aurora Driver hardware Continental plans to mass-manufacture from 2027.

  • planning↗

    Aurora Driver L4 system; 10 driverless routes (Feb 2026) incl. Dallas–Houston, Fort Worth–El Paso, El Paso–Phoenix, Fort Worth–Phoenix and Dallas–Laredo.

Roadmap

Aurora Driver RoadmapTODAY2026-10-112025-04Commercial driverless hauls Dallas–HoustonAchieved2026-02Driverless network reaches Phoenix (El Paso–Phoenix,…Achieved2026-07Second-generation driverless trucks launchedAchieved2026-12Exit 2026 with 200 driverless trucks in operationOn track2027Hirschbach to own and operate 500 Aurora Driver truc…Planned2027Exit 2027 with more than 1,000 driverless trucksPlanned↗↗↗↗↗↗
AchievedOn trackSlippedPlannedCanceled
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