Aurora Driver

1. 5

   Regulator-cleared or mass market

   A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.

2. 4

   Paying customersThis robot

   Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.

   Placed by: Aurora opened a second driverless route, from Fort Worth to El Paso, with five driverless trucks carrying customer freight (28 Oct 2025); Aurora started regular driverless deliveries for customers between Dallas and Houston. Its first customers were Uber Freight and Hirschbach Motor Lines (1 May 2025).

3. 3

   Pilot

   Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.

4. 2

   Pre-orders

   Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.

5. 1

   Demo only

   Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.

What we couldn't confirm. All sources here are Aurora's own releases; we could not reach independent reporting (search limit reached). The hint that PACCAR asked for the observer was not confirmed: Aurora's releases only say 'partner-requested'. Aurora says it has had zero collisions caused by the Aurora Driver (company-reported). Texas does not issue a separate driverless truck permit, so none is listed.