> Revenue is projected to continue as the company adds more trucks and driverless routes to its network. Today, the company has 30 trucks in the fleet, 10 of which are operating driverlessly. That fleet is expected to grow to more than 200 trucks by the end of the year. Urmson said the company’s trucks have racked up 250,000 driverless miles as of January 2026 with a perfect safety record.
> In the second quarter, Aurora plans to deploy a fleet of driverless International Motors LT trucks, which will not have a human observer on board. Aurora’s driverless operations that use Paccar trucks currently have a human safety observer in the cab as requested by the truck manufacturer.
I don't know that there's enough data here to say that their current safety record justifies the claims just yet. If it's not safer than overworking a regular driver then the headline claim is just regulation arbitrage.
I don't think you can really get any significant data from 250,000 miles because most people don't wreck in 250,000 miles, especially professionals.
Make a few hubs that are well outside of city centers that are connected by nothing but straight interstate. AI can drive the truck on this boring fixed route. Humans then take over the short distance to bring it to the actual delivery location.
I've been saying for years, trucks should drive autonomously from one mega parking lot outside a city to another at nighttime, and have humans handle the last mile during the 7-3 shift.
See Waymo. Answering these questions will make the investors run away.
Basically, a highway is the best place for selfdriving cars. Cities are difficult even for selfdriving cars (Waymo).
