Company:Einride
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| Industry | Automotive, Technology |
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| Founded | 2016 |
| Founder | Robert Falck, Filip Lilja, Linnéa Kornehed |
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| Website | www |
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
The company was founded in 2016 by Robert Falck, 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 12th, 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 5th, 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
- ↑ "Perspective | Will driverless trucks pass these guys by?". https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-small-business/wp/2017/04/14/will-driverless-trucks-pass-these-guys-by/.
- ↑ Melton, Lori (2019-05-23). "Einride unveils all-electric, self-driving truck called T-Pod" (in en-US). https://www.theburnin.com/technology/einride-self-driving-t-pod-truck-disrupts-freight-transport/.
- ↑ Etherington, Darrell. "Einride's electric self-driving T-Pod is a new kind of freight transport vehicle | TechCrunch". https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/06/einrides-electric-self-driving-t-pod-is-a-new-kind-of-freight-transport-vehicle/.
- ↑ Hawkins, Andrew J. (2017-07-05). "This self-driving truck has no room for a human driver — literally". https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/5/15923232/einride-tpod-self-driving-truck-sweden-logan.
- ↑ "A Swedish company has quietly overtaken Tesla - and already won Lidl as a customer". http://nordic.businessinsider.com/a-swedish-company-has-quietly-overtaken-tesla---and-already-won-lidl-as-a-customer--/.
- ↑ "DB Schenker och Einride inleder samarbete med självkörande lastbil i Sverige" (in sv-SE). 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.
- ↑ Stewart, Jack. "SWEDEN'S ELECTRIC ROBO-TRUCK IS MADE FOR LIFE IN THE FOREST | Wired". https://www.wired.com/story/einride-t-log-electric-autonomous-self-driving-truck/.
- ↑ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-einride-autonomous-sweden/driverless-electric-truck-starts-deliveries-on-swedish-public-road-idUSKCN1SL0NC
- ↑ Thomas, Patrick. "Self-Driving Truck Startup Einride Raises $25 Million in New Funding Round" (in en-US). https://www.wsj.com/articles/self-driving-truck-startup-einride-raises-25-million-in-new-funding-round-11570716000.
- ↑ "Einride launches freight mobility platform for planning and emissions insights" (in en-US). 2020-06-03. https://venturebeat.com/2020/06/03/einride-launches-freight-mobility-platform-for-planning-and-emissions-insights/.
- ↑ "TechCrunch" (in en-US). https://social.techcrunch.com/2020/10/04/einride-raises-10-million-to-fast-track-its-autonomous-electric-cargo-pods/.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "This electric, self-driving prototype truck is like a giant RC car - Roadshow" (in en). Roadshow. https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/this-electric-self-driving-prototype-truck-is-like-a-giant-rc-car/.
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