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Delivering autonomous middle-mile trucking broadly, quickly and safely.

Trucking is a $700B industry in the U.S.—nearly everything we own has traveled on the back of a truck. Aurora is on a mission to build the safest driver of the future by automating middle-mile delivery. In partnership with Peterbilt, Kenworth, Volvo, and Continental, we’re developing the world’s first scalable autonomous trucking platform.

Challenge

How might we design autonomous vehicle hardware that is safe for public roads, adaptable across platforms and fleets, efficient and cost-effective to operate, and desirable and approachable to the public?

Outcome

Hardware and physical touchpoints required to commercially deliver autonomous trucking solutions to businesses and partners.

Impact

WIP

Collaborators

John Paxton, Albert Shane, Wayne Jackson and many many more.

Crawling, walking, running.
Here are a few programs that we have revealed to the public.

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 01 Vision 

Show the vision of what we are building—In 2022, we designed and produced two concept trucks to share our vision with internal teams, partners, and the broader industry.

 

Outcome & Impact

The work showcased a common, transferable design strategy adaptable across platforms, and were unveiled at the American Trucking Association Convention in 2022. This work played a key role in securing a formal partnership with PACCAR, a market leader holding 30% of the US trucking market.

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 03 Make money each mile 

Validate the value and viability of our business model—to scale the product, we partnered with one of Aurora’s OEM partner, Volvo Trucks, to implement significant hardware optimizations and efficiencies that validate the commercial viability of the business.

Outcome & Impact

As part of this initiative, we achieved a 30% improvement in aerodynamic efficiency on the Aurora Driver Kit compared to its predecessor—contributing to a meaningful reduction in truck operating costs.

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 02 Show it's real 

Demonstrate and prove that the product works—In 2025, Aurora officially launched commercial operations in partnership with Uber Freight along the busiest freight corridor in the U.S.—the route between Dallas and Houston.

 

Outcome & Impact

As part of this milestone, we designed and delivered a low volume of roadworthy self-driving trucks, along with the Aurora terminals and physical touch points required to support a fully operational, self-driving middle-mile freight network.

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 04 Scale 

Industrialize the Aurora Driver—In collaboration with Continental and our OEM partners, we are developing the Aurora Driver as a scalable, automotive-grade product ready for commercial deployment. This work supports Aurora’s long-term goal of scaling autonomous trucking operations nationwide.

Outcome & Impact

We are currently working closely with our partners to make this a reality.​

Say hello to the first self-driving truck on American roads.

In April 2025, Aurora successfully and commercially launched the Aurora Driver, autonomously hauling customer freight between Dallas and Houston, Texas. This milestone marks the first commercial deployment of an autonomous 18-wheeler freight service in the United States.

All Works © Joshua Han 2025

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