Aurora Innovation has deployed its second generation of fully driverless Class 8 trucks on commercial freight routes, putting autonomous hardware built for a one-million-mile service life into revenue-generating service across the U.S. Sun Belt. New platform, lower costs, broader routesAurora Innovation has launched its second-generation driverless trucks, with plans to deploy the new fleet across its commercial network, which currently encompasses 10 driverless routes throughout the U.S. Sun Belt. Scale-up targets and production rampManufacturing partner Roush has formalized an upfit process, positioning the companies to reach an annual production run-rate of 1,000 Aurora trucks later this year. Volvo Autonomous Solutions has also begun commercial autonomous freight deliveries for customers AVI-SPL and DSV using factory-built Volvo VNL Autonomous trucks, with AVI-SPL beginning commercial autonomous freight operations between Dallas and Houston in June. What comes nextAurora unveiled its second-generation driverless trucks July 22 and plans a fleet of more than 200 autonomous trucks by the end of 2026.