Einride

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The company was founded in 2016 by Robert Falck, Filip Lilja and Linnéa Kornehed. The company manufactures electric and self-driving vehicles.{{Cite news|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-small-business/wp/2017/04/14/will-driverless-trucks-pass-these-guys-by/ |title=Perspective {{!}} Will driverless trucks pass these guys by?|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=2017-08-23}} The company name is a reference to the Nordic god of thunder and lightning, Thor, and means "the lone rider".{{Cite web|url=https://www.theburnin.com/technology/einride-self-driving-t-pod-truck-disrupts-freight-transport/ |title=Einride unveils all-electric, self-driving truck called T-Pod|last=Melton|first=Lori |date=2019-05-23|website=The Burn-In|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-14}} In the Spring of 2017, the company introduced their transport vehicle, an Autonomous Electric Truck (AET), formerly known as the T-pod and later as the Einride pod,{{Cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/06/einrides-electric-self-driving-t-pod-is-a-new-kind-of-freight-transport-vehicle/ |title=Einride's electric self-driving T-Pod is a new kind of freight transport vehicle {{!}} TechCrunch|last=Etherington|first=Darrell |date=6 April 2017 |access-date=2017-08-23}} an electric truck which does not contain a cabin.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/5/15923232/einride-tpod-self-driving-truck-sweden-logan |title=This self-driving truck has no room for a human driver — literally|last=Hawkins|first=Andrew J.|date=2017-07-05|website=The Verge|access-date=2017-08-23}} The first full-scale prototype of what was then called the T-Pod was revealed on July 4, 2017, at Almedalen Week in Visby, Sweden. Einride also announced a 2017 partnerships with Lidl{{Cite web|url=http://nordic.businessinsider.com/a-swedish-company-has-quietly-overtaken-tesla---and-already-won-lidl-as-a-customer--/|title=A Swedish company has quietly overtaken Tesla - and already won Lidl as a customer|website=nordic.businessinsider.com|access-date=2018-04-30|archive-date=2018-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810144936/https://nordic.businessinsider.com/a-swedish-company-has-quietly-overtaken-tesla---and-already-won-lidl-as-a-customer--/|url-status=dead}} and DB Schenker{{Cite web|url=https://www.dbschenker.com/se-sv/om-oss/presscenter/nyheter-fr%C3%A5n-db-schenker/db-schenker-och-einride-inleder-samarbete-med-sjaelvkoerande-lastbil-i-sverige-525572|title=DB Schenker och Einride inleder samarbete med självkörande lastbil i Sverige|website=DB Schenker|language=sv-SE|access-date=2018-04-30|archive-date=2018-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430182125/https://www.dbschenker.com/se-sv/om-oss/presscenter/nyheter-fr%C3%A5n-db-schenker/db-schenker-och-einride-inleder-samarbete-med-sjaelvkoerande-lastbil-i-sverige-525572|url-status=dead}} in 2018. On July 12, 2018, as part of Future Lab at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Einride launched an autonomous and all-electric logging truck.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/story/einride-t-log-electric-autonomous-self-driving-truck/ |title=SWEDEN'S ELECTRIC ROBO-TRUCK IS MADE FOR LIFE IN THE FOREST {{!}} Wired|last=Stewart|first=Jack |magazine=Wired|access-date=2018-08-10}}

On November 5, 2018, Einride launched the first commercial installation of the Einride autonomous truck at a DB Schenker facility in Jönköping, Sweden. In May 2019, an Einride vehicle started daily deliveries on a public road there; it is permitted to go at up to 5 km per hour.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-einride-autonomous-sweden/driverless-electric-truck-starts-deliveries-on-swedish-public-road-idUSKCN1SL0NC |title=Driverless electric truck starts deliveries on Swedish public road|newspaper=Reuters|date=15 May 2019}}

In June 2020, Einride introduced the freight mobility platform, a software suite that analyzes transport networks for electric or autonomous vehicle potential and provides recommendations for implementation.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-03|title=Einride launches freight mobility platform for planning and emissions insights |url=https://venturebeat.com/2020/06/03/einride-launches-freight-mobility-platform-for-planning-and-emissions-insights/ |access-date=2020-07-07|website=VentureBeat|language=en-US}} In October 2021, Einride finalized an agreement with General Electric (GE) Appliances for first fleet of autonomous electric trucks.{{cite web | url=https://www.einride.tech/press/einride-and-ge-appliances-announce-upcoming-deployment-of-the-first-u-s | title=Einride and GE Appliances announce partnership }}

In March 2022, Einride investor Maersk ordered 300 Class 8 trucks through Einride, built by BYD in California.{{cite web |last=Randall |first=Chris |title=Maersk & Einride to partner on electric trucking in the USA |url=https://www.electrive.com/2022/03/25/maersk-einride-to-partner-on-electric-trucking-in-the-usa/ |website=electrive.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325182841/https://www.electrive.com/2022/03/25/maersk-einride-to-partner-on-electric-trucking-in-the-usa/ |archive-date=25 March 2022 |date=25 March 2022 |url-status=live}} Later that year, the company received approval to operate its vehicles on US roads.{{Cite web |last=Ridden |first=Paul |date=2022-06-27 |title=Cabless autonomous electric truck approved for US public roads |url=https://newatlas.com/automotive/einride-pod-nhtsa-us-public-roads-approval/ |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=New Atlas |language=en-US}}

Einride uses self-driving technology as well as remote operation for the Einride Autonomous Electric Truck which allows drivers to monitor multiple vehicles and remotely control the vehicle in difficult traffic situations.{{Cite news |last=Krok |first=Andrew |date=5 July 2017 |url=https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/this-electric-self-driving-prototype-truck-is-like-a-giant-rc-car/|title=This electric, self-driving prototype truck is like a giant RC car| work=Roadshow |publisher=CNET |access-date=2017-08-23|language=en}} The Einride Autonomous Electric Truck can travel 200 km (124 miles) on a fully charged battery.

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• [https://www.einride.tech/ Einride official website]

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