Einride

Einride
Industry Automotive, Technology
Founded 2016 (2016)
Founder Robert Falck, Filip Lilja, Linnéa Kornehed
Headquarters Stockholm, Sweden
Website www.einride.tech

Einride is a Swedish transport company based in Stockholm, Sweden. The company was founded in 2016 by Robert Falck, Filip Lilja and Linnéa Kornehed.[1] and specializes in Self-driving vehicles. They are known for creating the T-pod and the T-log, vehicles designed from the ground up for fully autonomous and remote operation.

History

T-pod
The T-pod in front of San Francisco skyline.
T-log
The T-log at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

The company was established in 2016 and is one of the automotive companies that are pursuing Self-driving vehicles.[2] The company got its name from the Nordic god Thor, meaning the lone rider. In the Spring of 2017, the company introduced a new type of transport vehicle, the T-pod,[3] which is unique due to the vehicle not having a cabin and for being fully electric truck.[4] The first full-scale prototype of 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 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Einride launched the T-log, an autonomous and all-electric logging truck. [7]

Technology

Einride uses self-driving technology as well as remote operation for the T-pod which allows drivers to monitor multiple vehicles and remotely control the vehicle in difficult traffic situations.[8] On March 28, 2018, Einride announced their partnership with NVIDIA and announced that they will be using Drive PX-series technology in the T-pod.[9] The T-pod can travel 124 miles on a fully charged battery, and Einride is developing charging station solutions to power the vehicles for longer journeys.[8] Einride's goal is to use this technology to create a sustainable transport system free from carbon dioxide. The company plans to have 200 T-pods operate between Gothenburg and Helsingborg by 2020.[10]

Vehicle Models

As of August 2018, Einride offers two vehicle models: the T-pod and the T-log.

T-pod

The ‘T-pod,’ an electric self-driving vehicle that is remotely controlled by drivers, is significantly smaller than today’s heavy trucks and works alongside its innovative charging stations and pioneering infrastructure. The T-pod is about 23 feet long and has an operating weight of 20 tons. It is controlled remotely by an operator, which provides the advantage of human flexibility and decision-making, but it also has the ability to take advantage of a self-driving system. [11]

T-log

The T-log is an autonomous, all-electric logging truck and is more powerful than the T-pod. The T-log incorporates some off-road capabilities and is designed to navigate forest roads. the T-log is an environmentally and health friendly alternative to diesel powered trucks. Equipped with cameras, lidars and radars, it has 360-degree awareness of its surroundings - no blind spots, no dead angles. [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Crunchbase". Crunchbase.
  2. ↑ "Perspective | Will driverless trucks pass these guys by?". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  3. ↑ Etherington, Darrell. "Einride's electric self-driving T-pod is a new kind of freight transport vehicle | TechCrunch". Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  4. ↑ Hawkins, Andrew J. (2017-07-05). "This self-driving truck has no room for a human driver — literally". The Verge. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  5. ↑ "A Swedish company has quietly overtaken Tesla - and already won Lidl as a customer". nordic.businessinsider.com. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  6. ↑ "DB Schenker och Einride inleder samarbete med självkörande lastbil i Sverige". DB Schenker (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  7. ↑ Stewart, Jack. "SWEDEN'S ELECTRIC ROBO-TRUCK IS MADE FOR LIFE IN THE FOREST | Wired". Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  8. 1 2 "This electric, self-driving prototype truck is like a giant RC car - Roadshow". Roadshow. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  9. ↑ "Einride's autonomous trucks will be Nvidia-powered, and deliveries start this fall". TechCrunch. 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
  10. ↑ "Einride debuts prototype T-pod, an autonomous electric truck that can also be controlled remotely". VentureBeat. 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2017-08-23.
  11. ↑ "The transport vehicle of the future; introducing the T-pod". Einride. 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
  12. ↑ "All-electric, autonomous logging truck revealed at Goodwood Festival of Speed". Einride. 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2018-08-10.
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