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Aurora launches commercial driverless trucking in Texas; first SAE L4 class 8 service in US
Aurora Innovation, Inc.
- Began regular driverless customer deliveries between Dallas and Houston; over 1,200 miles driven without a driver.
- First commercial self-driving heavy-duty truck service on US public roads; launches with Uber Freight and Hirschbach.
- Plans to expand driverless service to El Paso, Texas and Phoenix, Arizona by end of 2025.
- Closed safety case and released Driverless Safety Report; briefed FMCSA, NHTSA, NTSB, TxDOT, and others.
- Over three million autonomous miles in supervised pilots, delivering 10,000+ customer loads.