Deployment
Aurora Driver on Peterbilt 579 (PACCAR) at Texas
Aurora's current driverless commercial freight fleet: the Aurora Driver (L4) integrated on PACCAR trucks (Peterbilt 579 and Kenworth T680). Running paid commercial freight on Texas lanes since May 2025, the fleet carries an OEM-requested in-cab observer (not a safety driver; the Aurora Driver operates the truck).
Aurora Driver on Peterbilt 579 (PACCAR) by Aurora Innovation · Operated by Hirschbach Motor Lines · Catalog entry · 3 sources · not yet field-verified
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /deployments/aurora-hirschbach-texas.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/robots/d7fab8d2-c853-460d-a635-5cd4df48e3ea
- Data documentation: /data
Aurora driverless commercial freight for Hirschbach, a launch customer on the Dallas-Houston lane (May 2025). Hirschbach signed an April 2026 MOU to scale to 500 Aurora-powered trucks (Driver-as-a-Service) from 2027; 800,000+ Aurora miles hauled.
Key facts
- Operator
- Hirschbach Motor Lines
- Scale plan
- 500 Aurora-powered trucks from 2027 (Apr 2026 MOU)
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 3 sources · not yet field-verified
- Last updated
- 2026-05-31
- Model
- Aurora Driver on Peterbilt 579 (PACCAR)
- Company
- Aurora Innovation
- Location
- United States/Texas
- Operator
- Hirschbach Motor Lines
- Status
- active
- First seen
- 2025-05-01
- ID
d7fab8d2-c853-460d-a635-5cd4df48e3ea
Verifications (0)
No verifications recorded yet.
Sources (3)
- 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.businesswire.com/news/home/20260430066071/en/Leading-Carrier-Selects-Aurora-to-Scale-Autonomous-Fleet-to-500-Trucks
- https://www.ccjdigital.com/equipment-controls/article/15824006/hirschbach-plans-to-add-500-autonomous-trucks-to-fleet