Aurora is developing autonomous trucking technology, with its core product being the Aurora Driver — a self-driving system combining proprietary sensors, computing hardware, and software that enables a Class 8 truck to operate without a human driver on U.S. highways. Aurora launched its first commercial driverless trucking product in April 2025 on the Dallas–Houston corridor, making it the first company to operate driverless commercial trucks on public U.S. roads. Aurora's customers are freight carriers and logistics companies, including Hirschbach, Uber Freight, Werner, FedEx, and Schneider. Aurora is currently in a transitional phase: near-term, it operates its own fleet and charges customers a per-load or per-mile fee (Transportation-as-a-Service); longer-term, Aurora plans to shift to licensing the Aurora Driver to fleet operators on a per-mile subscription basis (Driver-as-a-Service), targeting an asset-light, high-margin model. Aurora's key hardware includes its proprietary FirstLight lidar, which simultaneously measures object distance and velocity and has roughly twice the range of traditional automotive lidar. Aurora's hardware is evolving across three generations, with third-generation hardware targeting automotive-scale production of tens of thousands of trucks per year in partnership with AUMOVIO. Beyond trucking, Aurora plans to expand its common driver platform into ride-hailing and last-mile delivery, though trucking is the current commercial focus. Aurora targets exiting 2026 with 200+ driverless trucks operating and approximately $80M in annualized revenue, before transitioning to the DaaS licensing model in 2027.