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Maker's videoAurora · 28 Oct 2026

Aurora Q3 2026 Business Review: Reached an Inflection Point

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Against the record

Aurora Driver, from Aurora Innovation, is at stage 4 of 5 on our ladder: paying customers. Delivered and paid for, beyond pilots. The latest milestone on its record is from 23 Sept 2026: Aurora said its trucks had driven more than 500,000 miles with no one at the wheel since the 2025 launch.

This video comes from the maker's own channel, and makers show their robots at their best. The stage above comes from dated public records, not from the video.

From the video's description

Aurora has reached an inflection point on our path to commercial scale. In our Q3 Business Review, Co-founder & CEO Chris Urmson shares how our commercial flywheel is accelerating. We now have 20+ driverless trucks already built and coming into the fleet, and 10 customers in our driverless cohort, including two with Driver as a Service MOUs together representing 1,000 trucks. With Roush, we expect to reach our targeted rate of 20 trucks per week in early December, with the ability to scale production higher from there. Initial lineside integration with Volvo is underway as we prepare for full OEM industrialization with Volvo and PACCAR. In November, the Aurora Driver will be operating directly to sites for several driverless customers, including automated navigation through security checkpoints and weigh stations. A five-year federal exemption permitting cab-mounted warning beacons sho…

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