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; no federal AV trucking type cert required
Verified 2026-06-17
Sensor coverage
Multi-modal suite of more than two dozen sensors: cameras, radar, and FirstLight Lidar (450m+ detection range).
Sourced metrics
Technical subsystems
- perception↗
Multi-modal suite of more than two dozen sensors: cameras, radar, and FirstLight Lidar (450m+ detection range).
- compute↗
Dual NVIDIA DRIVE Thor SoC running DriveOS; Continental manufacturing partnership for mass production from 2027.
- planning↗
Aurora Driver L4 system; deployed on International LT Series trucks; operates on fixed Sun Belt highway corridors Dallas-Houston, Dallas-El Paso, Fort Worth-Phoenix.