Deployment
Aurora Driver at Fort Worth-El Paso Corridor, Texas, USA
Aurora Driver is a Level 4 autonomous driving system designed for Class 8 long-haul freight trucks. It operates on Kenworth T680 and Peterbilt 579 platforms. Aurora achieved commercial launch in April 2025 on Texas routes between Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston.
Aurora Driver by Aurora Innovation · Unverified
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /deployments/aurora-driver-fort-worth-el-paso-texas-usa.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/robots/d06d9f67-3027-4937-90c1-a43e815747af
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Aurora operates driverless trucks on the Fort Worth-El Paso route as part of its Texas commercial freight network. 5 trucks total across both routes with 100,000+ driverless miles.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Aurora Driver at Fort Worth-El Paso Corridor, Texas, USA.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
- Trust tier
- Unverified
- Last updated
- 2026-07-07
- Model
- Aurora Driver
- Company
- Aurora Innovation
- Status
- operational
- First seen
- 2024-05-01
- ID
d06d9f67-3027-4937-90c1-a43e815747af
Sources (1)
- Aurora autonomous truck Chris Urmson interview · https://www.theverge.com/transportation/841067/aurora-autonomous-truck-chris-urmson-interview/ · 2024-05-01
Methodology: Unreviewed · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-07
Verification posture
Unreviewed
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-07
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: av
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- secondary-industry-publication
- Industry publication
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Aurora Driver at Fort Worth-El Paso Corridor, Texas, USA.Common questions
- What is the Aurora Driver deployment at Fort Worth-El Paso Corridor, Texas, USA?
- Aurora Driver, built by Aurora Innovation, is recorded as a deployment at Fort Worth-El Paso Corridor, Texas, USA on the DEPLOY registry. Aurora Innovation operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates Aurora Driver at Fort Worth-El Paso Corridor, Texas, USA?
- 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.
- When did the Aurora Driver deployment at Fort Worth-El Paso Corridor, Texas, USA go live?
- The deployment is recorded as starting May 1, 2024 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
- Have there been incidents at the Aurora Driver deployment at Fort Worth-El Paso Corridor, Texas, USA?
- 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.
- Is Aurora Driver at Fort Worth-El Paso Corridor, Texas, USA safe?
- Aurora Driver at Fort Worth-El Paso Corridor, Texas, USA 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.
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