Start-up Aurora Innovation outlined a goal to provide full driverless delivery for courier company FedEx by 2023, as the pair readied a trial in Texas.

The pair are testing self-driving technology on a 500-mile round trip in the US state in trucks manned by safety drivers.

Aurora Innovation was founded by former employees of Tesla, Uber, and Google. It aims to disrupt freight, taxi and delivery industries with on-demand self-driving vehicles.

In a statement, Aurora Innovation co-founder Sterling Anderson explained partnerships with the industry were the “foundation for commercialising self-driving trucks”.

The company claimed it is poised to eventually handle 60 per cent of Uber bookings which require vehicles to exceed 50mph as part of a strategic relationship with the taxi company.

Aurora Innovation acquired Uber’s self-driving vehicle development group in an all-stock deal in late 2020.

Technology provided by Aurora Innovation includes cameras, lidar, sensors and software, which provide and process data from vehicles on the move.