Deployment
Aurora Driver on Peterbilt 579 (PACCAR) at Dallas, Texas, USA
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 · Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verified · Trucks
Recent coverage
- Aurora's autonomous trucking playbook: hundreds of driverless trucks by end of 2026Ben Smith, Deploy Editor · 2026-07-01
- Edge Case Conducts Independent, Comprehensive Assessment for Aurora, Setting New Bar for Autonomous Vehicle Safety AssuranceBen Smith, Deploy Editor · 2026-06-26
- DARPA X-Plane Designed To Maneuver With Just Bursts Of Air Finally Gets Its WingsThe War Zone · 2026-06-23
Aurora and McLane logged 280,000 driverless miles on Dallas-to-Houston route. Fleet of autonomous Peterbilt trucks hauling freight cheaper than a human driver on the 230-mile corridor.
Key facts
- Miles driven
- 280,000 driverless miles
- Route
- Dallas to Houston (230 miles)
- Partner
- McLane
- Cost
- Cheaper than human driver
Exposure
- Customer segment
- logistics
- Scale tier
- commercial 10 99
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Safety record
No incidents on record for Aurora Driver on Peterbilt 579 (PACCAR) at Dallas, Texas, USA.
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- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 1 source · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-08-17
- Company
- Aurora Innovation
- Location
- Dallas, Texas, USA
- Operator
- Aurora Innovation
- Status
- operational
- Operator type
- maker operated
- ID
eb4796ac-94a0-4d2c-8580-4ee6e552c611
Timeline
- Aug 2026Current status: operational, reviewedLatest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.
Claimed vs. verified
Aurora Innovation claims 200 Aurora Driver on Peterbilt 579 (PACCAR) units in the field. DEPLOY has independently verified 5 deployment sites and 10 units.
The gap between claimed and verified is the Fleet Reality signal. See the Fleet Reality Index.
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Operates worldwide
Aurora Driver on Peterbilt 579 (PACCAR) is deployed globally rather than at a single verified site, so there is no map pin.
Aurora Driver on Peterbilt 579 (PACCAR) operates in Dallas, Texas, USA. Explore the full verified map:
Sources (1)
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-17
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-17
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: truck
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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