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Aurora x FedEx

Aurora partnered with FedEx to deploy autonomous trucks on freight routes between Dallas and Houston, as part of a multi-year pilot program testing driverless freight delivery.

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Type
deployment
Status
Activeoperating
Announced
2021-03-01
5.5 years ago
Active for
5.5 years

Who’s involved

Aurora Innovationtechnology provider

American autonomous-trucking company (Nasdaq: AUR), founded 2017 by [Chris Urmson](/people/chris-urmson), [Sterling Anderson](/people/sterling-anderson), and [Drew Bagnell](/people/drew-bagnell). Developer of the [Aurora Driver](/brains/aurora-driver) (SAE Level 4), which it integrates onto PACCAR, International, and Volvo trucks. Launched the first commercial driverless freight service in the US (Dallas-Houston, May 2025) and is scaling an observer-free fleet on a 2nd-generation [International LT platform](/models/aurora-international-lt).

HQPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USAaurorainnovation.com15 partnerships

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  • FedEx · customer

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Sources (1)

  1. https://aurora.tech/news/aurora-and-fedex-launch-autonomous-trucking-pilot

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