# Aurora Driver on Peterbilt 579 (PACCAR) at Texas: deployment

Canonical ID: `d7fab8d2-c853-460d-a635-5cd4df48e3ea`

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_

- **Slug:** aurora-hirschbach-texas
- **Status:** active
- **Model:** [Aurora Driver on Peterbilt 579 (PACCAR)](/models/aurora-peterbilt-579.md) (id: `4c3a9674-a145-4658-bd15-20fde74a2d44`)
- **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:** [Hirschbach Motor Lines](/companies/hirschbach.md) (id: `d1176cd4-ea3a-4dda-a048-fb1e4808f717`)
- **First seen:** 2025-05-01T12:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## Sources (3)

1. https://ir.aurora.tech/news-events/press-releases/detail/119/aurora-begins-commercial-driverless-trucking-in-texas-ushering-in-a-new-era-of-freight
2. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260430066071/en/Leading-Carrier-Selects-Aurora-to-Scale-Autonomous-Fleet-to-500-Trucks
3. https://www.ccjdigital.com/equipment-controls/article/15824006/hirschbach-plans-to-add-500-autonomous-trucks-to-fleet

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