# Aurora Driver at Texas: deployment

Canonical ID: `d36bfe85-f3d8-4e01-b8e3-bd65c9335bf6`

[Aurora Innovation](/companies/aurora.md) operating commercial driverless freight between Dallas and Houston. First to deploy self-driving trucks in paid commercial service. Targeting 200+ trucks by end of 2026. Second-generation driverless trucks launched July 2026 with Value Truck.

## Key facts

- **Route:** Dallas ↔ Houston, Texas
- **Milestone:** First commercial driverless trucking
- **Fleet target:** 200+ trucks by end 2026
- **Autonomous miles:** 12 million logged

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-08-14_

- **Slug:** aurora-driver-dallas-houston
- **Status:** operational
- **Model:** [Aurora Driver](/models/aurora-driver.md) (id: `1083412c-cfe9-4352-8f3b-ed209ee78fde`)
- **Category:** [Robotaxis](/robotaxis)
- **Company:** [Aurora Innovation](/companies/aurora.md) (id: `de66897b-6e6a-4761-af96-ef293f25a44a`)
- **Location:** [Texas](/locations/united-states/texas.md) (id: `45f67762-10f4-4255-be84-45c73efe25f9`)
- **Operator:** [Aurora Innovation](/companies/aurora.md) (id: `de66897b-6e6a-4761-af96-ef293f25a44a`)

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (1)

1. https://insideautonomousvehicles.com/aurora-begins-commercial-driverless-trucking-in-texas/

## Verified answers

- [Where can you actually ride a robotaxi in 2026?](/where-can-you-ride-a-robotaxi.md)
- [Robotaxi safety record: every recall, crash, and investigation](/robotaxi-safety-record.md)

## Common questions

### What is the Aurora Driver deployment at Texas?

Aurora Driver, built by Aurora Innovation, is recorded as a deployment at Texas on the DEPLOY registry. Aurora Innovation operates the deployment directly.

### Who operates Aurora Driver at Texas?

Aurora Innovation, the manufacturer of Aurora Driver, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.

### Have there been incidents at the Aurora Driver deployment at Texas?

No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.


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