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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 Werner Enterprises · Catalog entry · 3 sources · not yet field-verified


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Aurora autonomous freight with Werner Enterprises: a supervised commercial pilot from April 2022 on the Fort Worth-El Paso lane, later extended toward a roughly 1,000-mile Phoenix lane, and continuing as part of Aurora's commercial driverless network.

Key facts

Operator
Werner Enterprises (Nasdaq: WERN)
Lanes
Fort Worth-El Paso (since 2022); extended ~1,000-mile Phoenix lane
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
Werner Enterprises
Status
active
First seen
2022-04-06
ID
8ffb860b-9a68-46ae-a0ed-5941df7ae2cc

Verifications (0)

No verifications recorded yet.

Sources (3)

  1. https://ir.aurora.tech/news-events/press-releases/detail/38/aurora-and-werner-launch-commercial-pilot-to-autonomously
  2. https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/06/aurora-launches-autonomous-freight-pilot-with-werner-expands-terminal-network/
  3. https://www.truckingdive.com/news/aurora-werner-pilot-extends-phoenix-arizona-q1-2025-earnings/747986/