World premiere: First cab-less and autonomous, fully electric truck in commercial operations on public road
5.16.2019
15th May was a historic occasion. The first cab-less, electric truck – Einride’s autonomous vehicle– drove on a public road. The world premiere and inaugural run took place at DB Schenker’s facility in Jönköping, Sweden. The Einride autonomous vehicle will transport goods between a warehouse and terminal at the facility, as part of a commercial flow.
Robert Falck, founder and CEO of Einride, Jochen Thewes, CEO of DB Schenker, and Mats Grundius, CEO of DB Schenker Cluster Sweden, Denmark, Iceland hosted the inauguration ceremony.
- This day represents a major milestone in Einride’s history, and for our movement to create a safe, efficient and sustainable transport solution, based on autonomous, electric vehicles, that has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions from road freight transport by up to 90 percent. I can’t begin to describe how proud I am of our team that made this happen in collaboration with our great partner and customer DB Schenker, says Robert Falck, CEO and founder of Einride.
- Autonomous trucks will become increasingly important for the logistics sector. Together with Einride, we have now introduced autonomous, fully electric trucks to a continuous flow on a public road – a milestone in the transition to the transport system of tomorrow,” said Jochen Thewes, CEO of DB Schenker.
In November 2018, the Swedish startup Einride and leading logistics firm DB Schenker initiated the first installation of an autonomous, all-electric truck at a DB Schenker facility in Jönköping, Sweden. It was the first commercial installation of its kind in the world.
March 7 the Swedish Transport Agency concluded that the Einride autonomous vehicle is able to operate in accordance with Swedish traffic regulations. March 11, the agency approved Einride’s application to expand the pilot to a public road. The permit applies to a public road within an industrial area – between a warehouse and a terminal. The permit is valid until December 31, 2020.
Einride and DB Schenker entered into a commercial agreement in April 2018 that includes the pilot in Jönköping and an option for additional pilots internationally.
Press releases
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 8.24.2023 | Einride Names Corinne Aaron, Former Tesla Marketing Lead as New Chief Marketing Officer |
| 6.21.2023 | Einride Appoints Former Volvo Cars CTO to Lead Autonomous Technologies |
| 6.14.2023 | Einride Goes Live in Norway to Lead Electric Deployment of Freight Mobility |
| 5.31.2023 | Einride and UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure Partner to Deploy Region's Largest Autonomous and Electric Fleet |
| 4.19.2023 | Einride Enables the Switch to Sustainable Freight in the UK |
| 12.7.2022 | Einride Secures $500 Million in Financing to Accelerate Deployment of Sustainable Freight Mobility |
| 12.1.2022 | Einride Launches in Benelux with World’s Leading Brewer, AB InBev to Lead Electric Transport Transformation in the Region |
| 11.2.2022 | Einride Unveils Disruptive Freight Mobility Solutions at November Release Event |
| 10.27.2022 | Einride Completes Historic Autonomous Vehicle Pilot on US Public Road With GE Appliances |
| 9.15.2022 | Einride Goes Live in Germany – Introduces a New Generation of Shipping Technology |
| 7.28.2022 | Einride and Beyond Meat® Work Together to Introduce Electric Vehicles to Beyond Meat’s U.S. Shipping Network |
| 6.23.2022 | New Type of Vehicle Developed by Einride Gets NHTSA Approval to Operate on US Public Road |
| 6.9.2022 | Einride and Oatly Expand Partnership to Electrify Oatly's North American Fleet |
| 5.19.2022 | Einride Unveils Expanded Product Offerings At First User Conference, Einride Mesh |
| 3.24.2022 | Einride and A.P. Moller - Maersk Partner for Largest Ever Electrification of Heavy Duty Road Freight |
| 3.14.2022 | Einride unveils world's first remote operator of autonomous, electric vehicle fleet |
| 1.10.2022 | Einride Brings on Freight Industry Expert to Lead European Team – Robert Ziegler Joins as General Manager, Europe |
| 11.3.2021 | Einride launches in the US - first to US market with the future of shipping |
| 10.26.2021 | Einride & GE Appliances announce first U.S. fleet of autonomous and electric trucks |
| 8.12.2021 | Einride Partners with Bridgestone to Create Cleaner, Safer, Low-Carbon Freight Mobility |
| 6.22.2021 | Co-founder of Klarna, Niklas Adalberth, joins Board of Directors at Einride |
| 5.6.2021 | Einride raises $110 million Series B to accelerate the future of freight mobility |
| 3.16.2021 | SKF and Einride enter into partnership for testing autonomous and electric transport |
| 2.22.2021 | Einride and Electrolux enter innovation partnership to electrify transports |
| 2.16.2021 | Einride and Lidl roll out intelligent and sustainable transport |
| 12.3.2020 | Einride next-generation autonomous vehicles powered by NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Orin for high-speed autonomous operations |
| 11.12.2020 | Einride strengthens logistics expertise with transportation industry research veteran |
| 10.30.2020 | Oatly reduces carbon footprint by 87% on selected routes in first month with Einride electric trucks and freight mobility platform |
| 10.20.2020 | Polarrenen drives transition to sustainable transport by becoming Einride financing partner |
| 10.15.2020 | Einride autonomous vehicle becomes first to set a record for an autonomous electric freight vehicle at the Top Gear track |
| 10.8.2020 | Einride launches next-generation autonomous vehicle, makes autonomous electric transport commercially available worldwide |
| 10.2.2020 | Einride Emerges as Leader in Autonomous Freight, Generating Revenue and Announcing New Investment from impact fund Norrsken VC |
| 6.3.2020 | Einride Launches Intelligent Freight Mobility Platform, Makes Sustainable Transport Attainable Today |
| 5.14.2020 | Einride partners with Oatly to electrify transport in Sweden |
| 4.22.2020 | Switching to sustainable freight: Lidl and Einride to electrify transport in Sweden |
| 4.7.2020 | Einride showcases one operator, multiple vehicle capability at a customer site |
| 2.14.2020 | Einride launches a beta version of the freight mobility platform for shippers |
| 12.6.2019 | Coca-Cola European Partners teams up with Einride for sustainable transport |
| 10.10.2019 | Einride raises $25 million series A to accelerate commercialization of its Autonomous, Electric Transport System |
| 8.22.2019 | Anders Böös new Chairman of Einride’s Board of Directors |
| 5.16.2019 | World premiere: First cab-less and autonomous, fully electric truck in commercial operations on public road |
| 5.8.2019 | World Premiere: Einride and DB Schenker to inaugurate first cab-less and autonomous, fully electric truck on public road |
| 5.8.2019 | Einride and innovative Swedish logistics company collaborates around sustainable transport |
| 4.26.2019 | Former Head of Daimler Trucks Asia will join Einride’s board of directors |
| 2.25.2019 | Einride showcases new teleoperation solution at Mobile World Congress |
| 2.14.2019 | Einride is teaming up with Ericsson to demonstrate the future of transport at the world’s largest mobile event |
| 11.7.2018 | Einride, Ericsson and Telia partners on 5G to bring autonomous, all-electric vehicles to the market |
| 11.6.2018 | DB Schenker and Einride launch first commercial installation of an Einride autonomous vehicle |
| 7.12.2018 | All-electric, autonomous logging truck revealed at Goodwood Festival of Speed |
| 4.18.2018 | The world’s first self-driving truck on public roads — to be introduced in Sweden |
| 10.25.2017 | Einride, a Swedish self-driving transportation startup, partners with Lidl to reduce emissions by up to 93 percent |