Pittsburgh-based Aurora Innovation, a self-driving technology company, recently announced the launch of new software that the company said will triple its driverless network.
The software release is Aurora’s fourth since deploying driverless trucks in April 2025. The first initiated driverless operations between Dallas and Houston, the second allowed for nighttime operations and the third initiated driverless operations in El Paso. The latest software provides the Aurora Driver with the capability to navigate the geography and climate of the southern United States.
“Expanding across the Sun Belt and introducing customer endpoints enables us to provide our customers with the capacity they need to move goods at a scale that wasn’t possible before,” Chris Urmson, Aurora co-founder and CEO, said. “Being a carrier is a game of margins and if autonomy can work around the clock, it will be key to growing our customers’ businesses.”
The Aurora Driver now can navigate highways and streets in multiple forms of inclement weather including rain, fog, and heavy wind. Last year, inclement weather constrained Aurora’s driverless operations in Texas approximately 40 percent of the time.
Aurora is the first company to autonomously haul freight on the approximately 1,000-mile Fort Worth and Phoenix route. With Phoenix, Aurora is tripling its driverless network.