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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; no federal AV trucking type cert required

Verified 2026-06-17

Sensor coverage

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FWD ▲Aurora Driver

Multi-modal suite of more than two dozen sensors: cameras, radar, and FirstLight Lidar (450m+ detection range).

Sourced metrics

SAE Autonomy Level
L4
Cumulative autonomous miles (millions)
250K mi
Active fleet size (vehicles)
200
Onboard AI compute (TOPS)
1000 TOPS

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.

Roadmap

TODAY2026-06-192025-04Commercial driverless hauls Dallas–HoustonAchieved2025 H2Expand driverless routes to El Paso–Phoenix corridorOn track2026 H2Gen 2 hardware (observer-free, 50% cost reduction) d…On track2027Scale to 500 trucks (McLane/Berkshire Hathaway agree…Planned
AchievedOn trackSlippedPlannedCanceled