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Hirschbach Motor Lines

Large privately held US refrigerated and truckload carrier (founded 1935, family/veteran-owned), among the largest refrigerated carriers in North America with about 3,000 trucks. A launch customer for Aurora's first driverless Dallas-Houston freight (May 2025) and signed an April 2026 MOU to scale to 500 Aurora-powered trucks from 2027.

Based in Dubuque, Iowa, USA · Founded 1935 · 1 operated deployment


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Key facts

Private
Family/veteran-owned, founded 1935, Dubuque IA
Scale
~3,000 trucks; among the largest refrigerated carriers in North America
Autonomous trucking
Aurora launch customer (first driverless Dallas-Houston, May 2025); Apr 2026 MOU to scale to 500 Aurora-powered trucks from 2027; 800,000+ Aurora miles hauled
HQ
Dubuque, Iowa, USA
Founded
1935
Status
private
ID
d1176cd4-ea3a-4dda-a048-fb1e4808f717

Operated deployments (1)

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Sources (8)

  1. https://hirschbach.com/about-us
  2. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260430066071/en/Leading-Carrier-Selects-Aurora-to-Scale-Autonomous-Fleet-to-500-Trucks
  3. https://ir.aurora.tech/news-events/press-releases/detail/136/leading-carrier-selects-aurora-to-scale-autonomous-fleet-to-500-trucks
  4. https://ir.aurora.tech/news-events/press-releases/detail/119/aurora-begins-commercial-driverless-trucking-in-texas-ushering-in-a-new-era-of-freight
  5. https://www.freightwaves.com/news/aurora-goes-driverless-with-partners-uber-freight-hirschbach
  6. https://www.ccjdigital.com/equipment-controls/article/15824006/hirschbach-plans-to-add-500-autonomous-trucks-to-fleet
  7. https://www.truckinginfo.com/news/hirschbach-announces-plan-to-deploy-500-aurora-autonomous-trucks
  8. https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hirschbach-motor-lines-acquires-fellow-refrigerated-carrier-lessors