Aurora’s Driverless Trucks Are Hauling Real Freight Now

Photo caption: Aurora recently launched its second-generation driverless trucks without a person behind the wheel. Photo credit: Aurora. Article by Annemarije de Boer. Gadget Review – July 24, 2026. Press release: Business Wire.

An 80,000-pound truck barreling down I-45 between Dallas and Houston with an empty driver’s seat sounds like the setup for a dystopian thriller. It’s actually Tuesday for Aurora Innovation. The company has launched its second-generation driverless Class 8 fleet — not a pilot, not a demo, but commercial freight operations across 10 Sun Belt routes. Freight costs touch everything from grocery prices to next-day delivery windows, which means this affects you directly. Aurora just crossed from proving the technology works to proving the business does. […]

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