Volvo Autonomous Solutions · self-driving truck
Volvo VNL Autonomous
Aurora Driver
A factory-built Volvo VNL tractor with redundant braking, steering, power and computing, and the Aurora Driver installed at Volvo's Virginia plant. It hauls customer freight in Texas with a safety driver on board.
- Price
- —service only, not sold
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- Not yetSafety driver on board
- Fleet
- 25Reported; details below
- Speed
- —Not published
- Range
- —Not published
Why it matters
Volvo called it its first production-ready autonomous truck when it was shown at ACT Expo in May 2024.
Real-world use
Began hauling for DHL Supply Chain on Dallas-Houston and Fort Worth-El Paso lanes on 4 December (2024), later adding a Dallas-Oklahoma City run, all supervised by a safety driver.
Maker
Volvo Autonomous SolutionsCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Safety driver on board
- Where it runs
- Texas (Dallas-Houston, Fort Worth-El Paso) and Dallas-Oklahoma City
- Fleet
- First batch of 25 trucks built at New River Valley, Virginia (Volvo, 2024)
- Rides, miles or loads
- Started at about one autonomous load a week for DHL (Volvo/DHL, launch)
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
Public attention
How much public attention Volvo VNL Autonomous (Aurora Driver) gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
- about 25 units or vehicles reported by the maker or press (may be a company-wide total)
- 2 reported deployments
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.
Lineage
Every Volvo Autonomous Solutions with Aurora Innovation vehicle in order.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedservice only, not sold
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Where it works
2 reported deployments.
- Pilot
Volvo Autonomous Solutions with DHL Supply Chain · Dallas · since 2024-12
Volvo VNL Autonomous trucks with the Aurora Driver haul DHL freight Dallas-Houston with a safety driver, and since May 2026 run a supervised Dallas-Oklahoma City lane. Dallas Innovates
- Pilot
Volvo Autonomous Solutions with DHL Supply Chain · Fort Worth · since 2024-12
Volvo VNL Autonomous trucks with the Aurora Driver haul DHL freight from Fort Worth to El Paso with a safety driver on board. Dallas Innovates
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. How we choose
| Measure | Volvo VNL Autonomous (Aurora Driver)Volvo Autonomous Solutions with Aurora Innovation |  Kodiak RoboTruck (Kodiak Driver)Kodiak AI (formerly Kodiak Robotics)Same jobs: freight, long-haul trucking · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Aurora Driver first-generation truck (PACCAR Peterbilt / Kenworth)Aurora Innovation with PACCARSame jobs: freight, long-haul trucking · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Bot Auto autonomous truck (retrofitted Freightliner)Bot AutoSame jobs: freight, long-haul trucking · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
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| First shown | 2024-05 | 2024-07 | 2025-05-01 | 2025-09 |
| Status | Pilot use | Commercial | Commercial | Pilot use |
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Sources
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