Einride Receives NHTSA Approval To Test Autonomous Trucks

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Einride has received permission from NHTSA to conduct trials of its autonomous electric truck on US roads later this year.

Einride is a Swedish company founded in 2016 to promote more efficient freight distribution through advanced digital management tools. It also is exploring ways of decarbonizing the world of cargo by using electric vehicles to move shipping containers around in freight terminals. In March, it, the largest ocean cargo company in the world, to put 300 electric semi tractors into service hauling freight for its North American warehousing, distribution, and transportation business.

The autonomous electric truck does not have room for a driver on board, as it is built without a traditional front cab. It is remotely monitored by a Remote Pod Operator, making this pilot an industry first for this new type of vehicle. Einride says it sees the operator as “critical in safely scaling autonomous vehicles by keeping humans in the loop and creating jobs to fulfill a future way of shipping.

 

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