Einride

Einride is a Swedish company developing autonomous trucks founded in 2016 by Robert Falck (former Manufacturing Engineering Assembly Volvo GTO Powertrain director), Filip Lilja and Linnéa Kornehed [SiliconCanals 1].

In 2012, Einride raised 500 millions euros (200 million in Series C equities and 300 million in debt) [InsideEVs 1].

Pilots

Pilots from Einride include:

• Tenessee in US with GE Appliances with an autonomous truck. The pilot completed in October 2012

Prototypes

• Gen 1 Pod
• Gen 2 Pod: Rigid Large truck without cab nor seating. It is operated remotely by a humane operator.

References

• [InsideEVs 1] Einride Raises $500 Million To Finance Autonomous Truck Business, https://insideevs.com/news/626202/einride-raises-500-million-usd-finance-autonomous-truck-business/, December 2022
• [SiliconCanals 1] Sweden-based Einride bags €475.5M to accelerate deployment of sustainable freight mobility, https://siliconcanals.com/crowdfunding/einride-bags-475-5m/, December 2022