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Aurora Innovation has begun fully driverless commercial trucking deliveries between Dallas and Houston. [Photo: Aurora]
In U.S. First, Aurora Launches Fully Driverless Trucking Deliveries Between Dallas and Houston
by David Seeley | May 1, 2025
“We founded Aurora to deliver the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly," Aurora Co-Founder and CEO Chris Urmson said. "Now, we're the first company to successfully and safely operate a commercial driverless trucking service on public roads."
by David Seeley |
Jun 25, 2024
After years of successful Dallas-Houston Uber Freight runs using Aurora's self-driving truck technology, the companies have launched Premier Autonomy—giving "hundreds of carriers" priority access to autonomous truck capacity through 2030.
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by David Seeley |
Jan 8, 2024
In partnership with Continental—which is based in Germany with a U.S. HQ in Auburn Hills, Michigan—Aurora says the two companies have finalized the design and architecture of the future fallback system and hardware of the Aurora Driver. Aurora aims to begin rolling totally human-free trucks on I-45 between Dallas and Houston in late 2024.
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by David Seeley |
Jul 21, 2023
"When we achieve Aurora Driver Ready, we’ll have confidence that the Aurora Driver could safely haul freight between Dallas and Houston without a human behind the wheel, setting us up for our commercial launch next year," co-founder and CEO Chris Urmson wrote in a blog post today.
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Kendra Phillips, Former CTO of Ryder, joins Aurora to deliver and commercialize Aurora Horizon, Aurora’s autonomous trucking product. [Photo: Aurora]
Aurora Hires Former Ryder CTO, Opens New Terminals in Fort Worth and El Paso to Support Autonomous Pilot Partnership with Werner
by David Seeley | Apr 6, 2022
Former Ryder CTO Kendra Phillips will lead Aurora's trucking and logistics partner programs. The newest one—a Fort Worth-El Paso hauling route for Werner Enterprises—is a key link in the commercial thoroughfare from L.A. to Atlanta. But it's a flat, monotonous run that many truck drivers find unappealing—making it a key test case for the Aurora Driver.
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