AUMOVIO and Aurora Innovation are working toward putting a mass-production autonomous trucking system on American highways in 2027, and the supplier will build its IAA Transportation 2026 presentation around that work. The German automotive electronics company will exhibit at booth D06 in hall 11 and at outdoor booth R61 during the Hanover show, which runs September 14 to 20, 2026. Its display is organized around four focus areas: efficiency, software-defined commercial vehicles, safe and autonomous driving, and electrification. The company’s autonomous trucking program centers on the Aurora partnership, which is intended to make the Aurora Driver available to carriers and commercial fleet operators across the United States.
Highlights
- AUMOVIO and Aurora are targeting American highways in 2027 for a scalable, mass-production-ready autonomous trucking system
- AUMOVIO supplies a modular hardware kit built around the Aurora Driver, plus a complete fallback system with redundant safety architecture
- Four focus areas anchor the IAA Transportation display: efficiency, software-defined commercial vehicles, autonomous driving, and electrification
- A virtual TechTalk on August 28 runs from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. CEST in English
What Does AUMOVIO Supply for the Aurora Driver?
The two companies are jointly developing an autonomous trucking system for commercial vehicles that AUMOVIO describes as scalable and suitable for mass production. The system is intended to underpin economically scalable autonomous freight in hub-to-hub traffic, and it builds on a modular hardware kit AUMOVIO developed specifically for integrating the Aurora Driver — Aurora’s combined hardware and software autonomy system, which includes a fallback system.
AUMOVIO’s contribution draws on its product portfolio of radar and camera sensors, high-performance computers, control units for assisted and automated driving, and telematics units, along with a complete fallback system built on redundant safety hardware. The company is also responsible for system integration, industrialization, automotive-grade production, and validation. Redundancy at this level has become a common thread among commercial vehicle suppliers preparing for driverless operation; Knorr-Bremse is moving its own fail-active braking and steering architecture for L4 trucks into series production in 2027.
Aurora, for its part, recently began deploying its second-generation driverless trucks across its U.S. commercial network.
From Tachograph to Fleet Ecosystem
The efficiency track centers on the VDO Ecosystem, which links tachographs, fleet services, and tolling through the VDO Link interface. According to AUMOVIO, the system automates the processing of driving data and reduces manual effort, turning regulatory compliance documentation into a source of operating data for cost management and fleet productivity.
Software-Defined Commercial Vehicles
AUMOVIO is positioning itself as a system partner supplying hardware, software, architecture platforms, and services from a single source — from high-performance computers to connectivity and over-the-air update capability. The company says this approach shortens development cycles, speeds deployment of new features, and helps manufacturers manage increasingly complex vehicle architectures.
Electrification Components and Depot Charging
The electrification portfolio spans components for vehicle manufacturers and charging solutions for fleet operators. It includes battery management systems, cell contacting systems, and DC/DC converters, supported by software and services covering system integration and industrialization. Under the VDO brand, AUMOVIO also supplies depot charging solutions and battery charging monitoring through the VDO Fleet cloud platform.
A Systems Argument Rather Than a Product Argument
Across all four areas, the company frames its work as connected solutions spanning the vehicle life cycle from OEM development through fleet operation rather than as discrete products.
“The biggest challenge today is no longer individual technologies, but their integration,” says Georg Fässler, head of the Commercial and Special Vehicles segment at AUMOVIO. “We combine sensors, software, architecture platforms, and services into end-to-end system solutions – from the vehicle itself to fleet operation. For manufacturers and fleet operators, it’s crucial that these solutions are robustly integrated, function reliably in everyday use, and generate added economic value.”
Ismail Dagli, Executive Board member and head of the Autonomous and Commercial Mobility business area, framed the market conditions driving that approach: “Efficient, software-defined commercial vehicles, safe and autonomous driving, and electrification must all advance simultaneously – not as stand-alone technologies, but as integrated solutions that work in real-world operations. The key is not only to develop innovation, but also to implement it in a way that is economically scalable.”
Virtual TechTalk Precedes the Show
AUMOVIO will host a virtual press TechTalk on August 28 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. CEST, held in English. Company experts will present on software-defined commercial vehicles, autonomous trucking, and the VDO Ecosystem, followed by Q&A sessions. Attendees receive press materials ahead of IAA Transportation.
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