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].

Financing

• December 2022, Einride announced to have raised USD 500 millions (200 million in Series C equities and 300 million in debt) [InsideEVs 1].
• May 2021, USD 110 millions in Series B [Techcrunch 1]
• 2020: USD 10 millions [Techcrunch 1]
• 2019: USD 25 millions in Series A [Techcrunch 1] [Techcrunch 2]

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
• [Techcrunch 1] Autonomous trucking startup Einride raises $110M ahead of expansion into US, May 2021
• [Techcrunch 2] Autonomous trucking startup Einride eyes US market with $25 million in new funding, https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/10/autonomous-trucking-startup-einride-eyes-u-s-market-with-25-million-in-new-funding/, October 2019