Buying guide
Aurora Driver on Peterbilt 579 (PACCAR) vs Semi in 2026
Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.
| Attribute | No image on file | No image on file |
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| Manufacturer | Aurora Innovation | Tesla |
| Form factor | truck | truck |
| Maturity | commercial | commercial |
| Availability | internal-onlyenterprise | shipping-nowshipping |
| Price | Not announced | $150,000-$180,000 (manufacturer target) |
| Capability claims | — | — |
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| Verified deployments | 4 | 4 |
| Privacy practices | — | — |
| Sources on file | 21 | 18 |
Editorial summaries
Aurora Driver on Peterbilt 579 (PACCAR)
Aurora's driverless commercial freight runs the Aurora Driver (L4) on PACCAR trucks (Peterbilt 579 and Kenworth T680), hauling paid commercial freight on Texas lanes since May 2025. There is no consumer price: this is B2B autonomous freight, not a consumer product. The verified-vs-claimed nuance: the trucks are genuinely driverless (the Aurora Driver operates the vehicle), but Aurora reinstated an OEM-requested in-cab observer at PACCAR's request in May 2025: the observer is not a safety driver. Recorded at commercial maturity on verified paid-freight operations.
Semi
The Tesla Semi is a Class-8 battery-electric heavy-duty truck (about 500 miles of range). It is in commercial fleet use, human-driven, not autonomous: PepsiCo has run a multi-site fleet since December 2022, with ArcBest and DHL pilots. Tesla announced $150,000 to $180,000 at the 2017 reveal but has not published confirmed current pricing, and its volume-production target (2026) has repeatedly slipped. Autonomy is a roadmap claim only; Tesla removed FSD/Autopilot references from Semi.
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