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Aurora's SAE Level 4 autonomous-driving system for trucks: the common autonomy platform (sensing, including long-range lidar, plus redundant compute and the driving software) that operates Class 8 trucks driverlessly. Integrated across PACCAR, International (Navistar), and Volvo truck platforms.
Foundation model · Maturity: Commercial · Closed · Powers 4 robots
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /brains/aurora-driver.md
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- Revision history: /brains/aurora-driver/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Key facts
- Model type
- SAE Level 4 autonomous-driving system for trucks
- System structure
- Common autonomy platform with sensing, redundant compute, and driving software
- Runs on
- Class 8 trucks across PACCAR, International (Navistar), and Volvo platforms
- Maturity stage
- commercial
- Open source
- no
Developed by (1)
Powers (4)
- Aurora Driver on Peterbilt 579 (PACCAR)Aurora Innovation · truck
- Aurora Driver on International LT (2nd-gen)Aurora Innovation · truck
- Volvo VNL AutonomousVolvo Autonomous Solutions · truck
- Aurora DriverAurora Innovation · av
Where Aurora Driver runs
Deployments of robots powered by Aurora Driver, by place and type.
Common questions
- What is Aurora Driver?
- Aurora's SAE Level 4 autonomous-driving system for trucks: the common autonomy platform (sensing, including long-range lidar, plus redundant compute and the driving software) that operates Class 8 trucks driverlessly. Integrated across PACCAR, International (Navistar), and Volvo truck platforms.
- Which robots run on Aurora Driver?
- 4 robot models on the DEPLOY registry run on Aurora Driver: Aurora Driver on Peterbilt 579 (PACCAR), Aurora Driver on International LT (2nd-gen), Volvo VNL Autonomous, Aurora Driver.
- Who developed Aurora Driver?
- Aurora Driver is credited to Aurora Innovation on the DEPLOY registry. Each developer attribution is verified via primary sources.
- Is Aurora Driver open source?
- No. Aurora Driver is recorded as proprietary on the DEPLOY registry. Model weights and source are not publicly available.
- What type of AI is Aurora Driver?
- Aurora Driver is a foundation model on the DEPLOY registry.
- What is Aurora Driver's maturity stage?
- Aurora Driver is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder. Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.
Sources (4)
- https://aurora.tech/
- https://ir.aurora.tech/news-events/press-releases/detail/112/aurora-continental-and-nvidia-partner-to-deploy-driverless-trucks-at-scale
- https://www.truckinginfo.com/news/aurora-continental-and-nvidia-announce-autonomous-truck-partnership
- https://www.therobotreport.com/volvo-launches-vnl-autonomous-truck-equipped-with-aurora-software/
Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-28
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- secondary-trade-publication
- Trade publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Aurora Driver.Canonical ID d3e37bb4-eabc-41c4-ba7f-e07f8e389e24