Deployment
Peterbilt 579 (Autonomous) at Houston, Texas, USA
The Peterbilt 579 is a Class 8 heavy-duty truck being developed for autonomous operation through PACCAR's partnership with Aurora Innovation. The autonomous-enabled Peterbilt 579 integrates the Aurora Driver and has been deployed in commercial pilot programs hauling freight between Dallas and Houston with FedEx.
Peterbilt 579 (Autonomous) by PACCAR · Operated by Schneider National · Unverified
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Aurora Driver-powered Peterbilt 579M trucks hauling Schneider freight from Dallas to Houston, the endpoint of the autonomous freight pilot corridor. Also used for PACCAR-Aurora-FedEx pilot.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Peterbilt 579 (Autonomous) at Houston, 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
- 2026-07-06
- Company
- PACCAR
- Location
- Houston, Texas, USA
- Operator
- Schneider National
- Status
- pilot
- First seen
- 2022-08-01
- ID
b13ebae2-b2aa-419c-8b3e-99afef5598e7
Sources (1)
- Aurora and Schneider to Autonomously Haul Freight in Texas · https://ir.aurora.tech/news-events/press-releases/detail/47/aurora-and-schneider-to-autonomously-haul-freight-in-texas · 2022-08-01
Methodology: Unreviewed · 1 source (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-06
Verification posture
Unreviewed
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-06
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: pilot
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: truck
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
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Methodology surface for Peterbilt 579 (Autonomous) at Houston, Texas, USA.Common questions
- What is the Peterbilt 579 (Autonomous) deployment at Houston, Texas, USA?
- Peterbilt 579 (Autonomous), built by PACCAR, is recorded as a deployment at Houston, Texas, USA on the DEPLOY registry. Schneider National operates the deployment.
- Who operates Peterbilt 579 (Autonomous) at Houston, Texas, USA?
- Schneider National operates this deployment as a customer of PACCAR, the manufacturer of Peterbilt 579 (Autonomous).
- When did the Peterbilt 579 (Autonomous) deployment at Houston, Texas, USA go live?
- The deployment is recorded as starting August 1, 2022 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
- Have there been incidents at the Peterbilt 579 (Autonomous) deployment at Houston, 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 Peterbilt 579 (Autonomous) at Houston, Texas, USA safe?
- Peterbilt 579 (Autonomous) at Houston, 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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