Aurora Innovation, Inc. (NASDAQ:AUR), the leader in self-driving freight, today announced a new customer agreement to begin driverless hauls on its second-generation driverless truck. Charger Logistics will use the Aurora Driver to add capacity on its network and drive higher utilization – starting between Dallas and Laredo, one of its busiest freight lanes in the Sun Belt.

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"Our new fleet of driverless trucks enables us to meet the substantial demand we’ve seen since we first launched last year," said Zac Andreoni, Vice President of Business Development at Aurora. "Charger's scale and reach across North America give us a strong foundation to grow from – this is just the first of many routes we expect to bring online together."

Charger Logistics Signs On

Charger Logistics USA is an asset-based transportation and logistics company providing truckload, dedicated, temperature-controlled, warehousing, and cross-border logistics services throughout North America. With a modern fleet, advanced technology platform, and strategically located operations across the United States and Mexico, Charger supports supply chains, including refrigerated food, pharmaceuticals, automotive, retail, and consumer products. The company’s focus on innovation, safety, and operational excellence enables customers to build faster, more resilient supply chains.

"Autonomous trucking represents a transformational opportunity for the freight industry," said Andy Khera, President of Charger Logistics. "By deploying the Aurora Driver on one of our busiest U.S. freight corridors, we expect to enhance capacity, improve asset utilization, and strengthen service reliability for customers moving temperature-controlled, pharmaceutical, and other mission-critical freight. This marks an important step in advancing the future of safe, efficient, and technology-enabled logistics."

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About Aurora

Aurora (NASDAQ:AUR) is delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly to make transportation safer, increasingly accessible, and more reliable and efficient than ever before. The Aurora Driver is a self-driving system designed to operate multiple vehicle types, from freight-hauling trucks to ride-hailing passenger vehicles, and underpins Aurora’s driver as a service product for trucking. Aurora is working with industry leaders across the transportation ecosystem, including AUMOVIO, FedEx, Hirschbach, McLane, NVIDIA, PACCAR, Ryder, Schneider, Toyota, Uber, Uber Freight, Volvo Trucks, Volvo Autonomous Solutions, and Werner. To learn more, visit aurora.tech.

About Charger Logistics

Charger Logistics USA is a privately held, asset-based transportation and logistics company operating across the United States and Mexico. Charger provides truckload, dedicated, temperature-controlled, and cross-border services, supported by a warehousing and cold storage network that enables end-to-end management of the full supply chain ecosystem. Charger operates on a proprietary transportation management system and a suite of in-house applications, delivering real-time visibility, execution, and data-driven decision-making across its network. Charger serves customers in food and beverage, pharmaceuticals, automotive, retail, and consumer products. To learn more, visit chargerlogistics.com.

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