Einride

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Einride
IndustryAutomotive, Technology
Founded2016 (2016)
Founder, Filip Lilja, Linnéa Kornehed
Headquarters
Stockholm, Sweden
Websitewww.einride.tech

Einride AB is a Swedish transport company based in Stockholm, Sweden, specializing in electric and self-driving vehicles known as Einride pods (formerly T-pods). The pods are electric trucks remotely controlled by drivers, and are notable for their lack of a driver’s cab.

History[]

T-pod
The Einride Pod in front of San Francisco skyline.
T-log
The Einride timber Pod at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

The company was founded in 2016 by , Filip Lilja and Linnéa Kornehed. The company manufactures electric and self-driving vehicles.[1] The company name is a reference to the Nordic god of thunder and lightning, Thor, and means "the lone rider".[2] In the Spring of 2017, the company introduced their transport vehicle, the Einride Pod,[3] an electric truck which does not contain a cabin.[4] 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 has announced their partnerships with Lidl[5] in 2017 and DB Schenker[6] in 2018. On July 12, 2018 as part of Future Lab at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Einride launched the Einride timber Pod, an autonomous and all-electric logging truck.[7]

On November 5, 2018, Einride launched the first commercial installation of the Einride Pod at a DB Schenker facility in Jönköping, Sweden. In May 2019, an Einride Pod started daily deliveries on a public road there; it is permitted to go at up to 5 km per hour.[8]

On October 10, 2019 Einride raised $25 million in a Series A investment round led by private-equity firm EQT’s venture capital fund EQT Ventures and NordicNinja VC.[9]

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.[10]

In October 2020, Einride raised $10 million in additional funding led by existing investors led by Norrsken VC along with EQT Ventures fund, Nordic Ninja VC and Ericsson Ventures.[11]

Technology[]

Einride uses self-driving technology as well as remote operation for the Einride Pod which allows drivers to monitor multiple vehicles and remotely control the vehicle in difficult traffic situations.[12] The Einride Pod can travel 200 km (124 miles) on a fully charged battery.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Perspective | Will driverless trucks pass these guys by?". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  2. ^ Melton, Lori (2019-05-23). "Einride unveils all-electric, self-driving truck called T-Pod". The Burn-In. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  3. ^ Etherington, Darrell. "Einride's electric self-driving T-Pod is a new kind of freight transport vehicle | TechCrunch". Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  4. ^ Hawkins, Andrew J. (2017-07-05). "This self-driving truck has no room for a human driver — literally". The Verge. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  5. ^ "A Swedish company has quietly overtaken Tesla - and already won Lidl as a customer". nordic.businessinsider.com. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  6. ^ "DB Schenker och Einride inleder samarbete med självkörande lastbil i Sverige". DB Schenker (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  7. ^ Stewart, Jack. "SWEDEN'S ELECTRIC ROBO-TRUCK IS MADE FOR LIFE IN THE FOREST | Wired". Wired. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  8. ^ "Driverless electric truck starts deliveries on Swedish public road". Reuters. 15 May 2019.
  9. ^ Thomas, Patrick (10 October 2019). "Self-Driving Truck Startup Einride Raises $25 Million in New Funding Round". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  10. ^ "Einride launches freight mobility platform for planning and emissions insights". VentureBeat. 2020-06-03. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
  11. ^ "TechCrunch". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  12. ^ a b "This electric, self-driving prototype truck is like a giant RC car - Roadshow". Roadshow. Retrieved 2017-08-23.

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