# Aurora began regular driverless commercial freight deliveries between Dallas and Houston with no one behind the wheel, for Uber Freight and Hirschbach

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20250501-truck-driver-1
Date: 2025-05-01 · Stage: Deployment
Can this record move a task judgement? yes
Occupation: https://flyvolo.ai/en/careers/truck-driver

## Scope

US, Texas, one interstate corridor, heavy-duty trucks; hub-to-hub with human-handled first and last segments. Expansion to El Paso and Phoenix announced for end-2025.

## Source

- Aurora Innovation — press release — https://ir.aurora.tech/news-events/press-releases/detail/119/aurora-begins-commercial-driverless-trucking-in-texas-ushering-in-a-new-era-of-freight (primary source)

## What this means

A deployment record on the highway-driving task: a carrier is running heavy trucks with nobody behind the wheel on a public interstate for paying customers, which moves the judgement on the middle segment from 'targeted' to 'in commercial service'. It speaks to deployment conditions on one corridor — not to the technology's general readiness, and not to employment.

## What it does not show yet

One corridor in Texas with a hub at each end is not the US trucking network, and a launch on one route is not a safety record. The first and last segments are still driven by people, so this record says nothing about how many drivers the two shippers employ; the announced El Paso and Phoenix expansion was a plan, not a fact, at the time.

## How to verify it yourself

Open Aurora's published driverless-route map and check whether any lane you drive or plan to drive sits between two of its terminals; if it does, ask your dispatcher whether your carrier has been offered hub-to-hub handoffs, and write down the answer with the date.


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