# Hirschbach Motor Lines: company

Canonical ID: `d1176cd4-ea3a-4dda-a048-fb1e4808f717`

## 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

- **Slug:** hirschbach
- **Status:** private
- **Founded:** 1935
- **HQ:** Dubuque, Iowa, USA

## Models

_No models registered._

## Supplies to

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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

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