Self-driving
Einride announced it would put two self-driving electric trucks to work for EASE Logistics in Marysville, Ohio, as part of a state truck-automation project.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported
What the source says
“connecting EASE Logistics warehouses in Marysville, Ohio as part of the DriveOhio Truck Automation Corridor Project.”
What it means
Einride autonomous pods, from Einride, is at stage 5 of 5 on our ladder: regulator-cleared or mass market. Its stage is set by other milestones on its record; this one adds to the history. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
Human help: People working remotely can steer it or take over.
More on Einride autonomous pods
- Two cab-less Einride trucks began hauling freight every day between EASE Logistics warehouses in Ohio, with no one in the cab, on EASE property and local public roads.
- Einride finished its merger with Legato Merger Corp. III and its shares began trading on Nasdaq under the ticker ENRD.
- Einride raised $113 million from investors ahead of listing on the stock market through a merger with Legato Merger Corp., in a deal valuing it at $1.35 billion.
- The US road-safety agency NHTSA cleared the Einride Pod, which has no space for a driver, to run on public roads, starting near a GE Appliances site in Kentucky.
- Sweden's transport agency allowed Einride's T-pod onto a short stretch of public road in an industrial area, for work with DB Schenker in Jönköping.