Einride

Autonomous vehicles streamline the appliance maker's operations. Instead of tractor trailers a small fleet of pods from Einride are shuttling trailer-load quantities of material between the five manufacturing and assembly facilities on the campus.

A recently-announced partnership between GE Appliances (GEA), a subsidiary of Haier, and freight technology company Einride centers around what they said is a first of its kind partnership focused on bringing autonomous freight and shipping vehicles to the United States and mark the first time an autonomous and electric truck is “live and operating on U.S. soil.

This report sets out the findings of an ITF project on managing the transition to driverless road freight transport, directed by José Viegas and managed by Daniel Veryard.

Einride, the Swedish autonomous trucking startup, unveiled a new vehicle type that the company hopes to have on the road delivering freight starting in 2021.