The news: Aurora Innovation has launched its second-generation driverless trucks across 10 routes in the US Sun Belt, starting with the Dallas-to-Houston lane. The trucks are International LT models fitted with Aurora’s latest self-driving hardware. The system is designed to last one million miles and costs less than half as much to build as the previous generation.
Context: Aurora first ran a fully driverless service on the Dallas-to-Houston route in 2025. It later put a human observer behind the wheel at PACCAR's request while validating the setup. Before removing the observer again, Aurora completed a new safety case, its internal standard for operating on public roads with no one aboard.
By the numbers: Here’s where Aurora stands today and how fast it plans to grow.
The company completed nearly 440,000 driverless miles by the end of June.
Its build partner Roush is targeting a production run-rate of 1,000 trucks a year by the end of 2026.
One customer has signed a non-binding agreement to buy 500 Aurora-powered trucks.
Aurora’s customers and partners include FedEx, Schneider, Werner, Hirschbach, Ryder, and Uber Freight, plus truck-makers Volvo and PACCAR. The new fleet expands beyond Dallas-to-Houston to the other Sun Belt lanes.
