Company
Hirschbach Motor Lines
Hirschbach Motor Lines, American trucking company deploying autonomous truck technology and fleet management.
- Founded
- 1935
- HQ
- US
- Status
- private
Deployments
2
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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
Service type
Refrigerated and truckload carrier
Data & sources
Press releases
4
Web sources
4
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Safety record
No incidents on record for Hirschbach Motor Lines.
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Operated deployments (2)
Recent coverage
Hirschbach Motor Lines in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Sources (8)
- https://hirschbach.com/about-us
- https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260430066071/en/Leading-Carrier-Selects-Aurora-to-Scale-Autonomous-Fleet-to-500-Trucks
- https://ir.aurora.tech/news-events/press-releases/detail/136/leading-carrier-selects-aurora-to-scale-autonomous-fleet-to-500-trucks
- https://ir.aurora.tech/news-events/press-releases/detail/119/aurora-begins-commercial-driverless-trucking-in-texas-ushering-in-a-new-era-of-freight
- https://www.freightwaves.com/news/aurora-goes-driverless-with-partners-uber-freight-hirschbach
- https://www.ccjdigital.com/equipment-controls/article/15824006/hirschbach-plans-to-add-500-autonomous-trucks-to-fleet
- https://www.truckinginfo.com/news/hirschbach-announces-plan-to-deploy-500-aurora-autonomous-trucks
- https://www.freightwaves.com/news/hirschbach-motor-lines-acquires-fellow-refrigerated-carrier-lessors
Common questions
- What is Hirschbach Motor Lines?
- Hirschbach Motor Lines, American trucking company deploying autonomous truck technology and fleet management.
- What does Hirschbach Motor Lines make?
- Hirschbach Motor Lines has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Hirschbach Motor Lines builds physical robots.
- Is Hirschbach Motor Lines publicly traded?
- No. Hirschbach Motor Lines is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.
- How can I invest in Hirschbach Motor Lines?
- Hirschbach Motor Lines is a private company; its shares are not available on public markets, so retail investors cannot buy the stock today.
- Where is Hirschbach Motor Lines headquartered?
- Hirschbach Motor Lines is headquartered in US.
- Who owns Hirschbach Motor Lines?
- Hirschbach Motor Lines is privately held; ownership sits with its founders and private investors.
- Where does Hirschbach Motor Lines operate robots?
- Hirschbach Motor Lines operates 2 verified deployments, including at Texas.
- Is Hirschbach Motor Lines a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Hirschbach Motor Lines ranks in roughly the top 7% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Hirschbach Motor Lines founded?
- Hirschbach Motor Lines was founded in 1935.
- Is Hirschbach Motor Lines safe?
- Hirschbach Motor Lines has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 8 sources (4 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-07
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-07
Sources by quality tier
- 4
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
- 4
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Hirschbach Motor Lines.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Hirschbach Motor Lines from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Large fleet plans to add 500 autonomous trucks, starting next year - overdriveonline.com
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Hirschbach plans to add 500 autonomous trucks to fleet - Commercial Carrier Journal
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Hirschbach Motor Lines says it will deploy 500 Aurora autonomous trucks - Truck News
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Hirschbach Motor Lines will buy 500 autonomous truck systems - DC Velocity
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Aurora and Hirschbach expand partnership for 500 Aurora Driver-powered trucks - FreightWaves
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Hirschbach Announces Plan to Deploy 500 Aurora Autonomous Trucks - Heavy Duty Trucking
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Hirschbach Plans to Scale Aurora-Powered Autonomous Fleet to 500 Trucks - act-news.com
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Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Hirschbach Motor Lines against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
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Last computed: Jul 15, 2026