Aurora, the U.S. autonomous vehicle firm, achieved a major milestone in self-driving freight.
On May 2, TechCrunch reported that the company completed a 1,200-mile autonomous truck delivery from Dallas to Houston.
The 1,200-mile run involved a single autonomous truck but served real clients, including Hirschbach Motor Lines and Uber Freight, signaling a key step toward real-world deployment.
Aurora plans to scale operations by deploying dozens of autonomous trucks by year-end and expanding routes to cities like El Paso and Phoenix by late next year.
Aurora’s freight trucks currently run with safety personnel onboard, but the company targets a phased shift to fully driverless operations.
