Robot model
Aurora Driver on Peterbilt 579 (PACCAR)
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) is a truck robot built by Aurora Innovation. · Documented in 4 deployments in Texas.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/aurora-peterbilt-579.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/4c3a9674-a145-4658-bd15-20fde74a2d44
- Data documentation: /data
- Form factor
- truck
- Maturity stage
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 4
- ID
4c3a9674-a145-4658-bd15-20fde74a2d44
Specs
- oem
- PACCAR (Peterbilt 579 / Kenworth T680)
- type
- Class 8 autonomous truck
- autonomy
- Aurora Driver (L4)
- humanInCab
- OEM-requested observer (not a safety driver)
Recent deployments (4)
Runs on (1)
- Aurora Driverfoundation-model · commercial
Supply chain
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Sources (3)
- https://aurora.tech/newsroom/aurora-is-teaming-up-with-paccar-to-deploy-self-driving-trucks
- https://www.peterbilt.com/news-and-events/press-releases/peterbilt-showcases-first-model-579-with-aurora-driver
- https://dallasinnovates.com/aurora-puts-observers-back-behind-wheel-of-its-self-driving-trucks-between-dallas-and-houston/