Einride & GE Appliances announce first U.S. fleet of autonomous and electric trucks


10.26.2021
Freight tech company Einride, the leading provider of electric and autonomous shipping, has been enlisted to provide greener, safer, and more cost-effective freight transportation for GE Appliances
The partnership marks the first time autonomous and electric trucks will be live and operating on U.S. soil
For GEA, it is a part of a billion-dollar investment in products and technology at its U.S. manufacturing and distribution operations
October 26, 2021 - Swedish freight technology company Einride and GE Appliances, a Haier company, today announced a partnership for the implementation of electric and autonomous transport at scale. It will be the first time in history an autonomous and electric truck is live and operating on U.S. soil. The partnership will represent Einride’s first installation with its renowned autonomous vehicles in the U.S., which will operate on GE Appliances’ 750-acre Appliance Park campus in Louisville, Ky. The new fleet serves as a model for the U.S. transportation ecosystem by elevating the work environment and reducing emissions.
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“At GE Appliances, we believe in always finding a better way and striving to be on the forefront of innovation,” said Bill Good, vice president of manufacturing at GE Appliances. “Sustainability and cost-efficiency is a prerequisite for implementing innovation into our business strategy. The partnership and technology investment with Einride is allowing us to deploy safer, more sustainable, and cost-effective solutions for the movement and transportation of material.”
At launch, Einride will implement electric transportation solutions at three of GEA’s locations in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia. As a result of this partnership, GEA is expected to save 970 tons of CO2 emissions within the first year, playing a key role in its global commitment to reduce its environmental footprint by utilizing a state-of-the-art supply chain.
“This marks an important milestone for the freight industry in the U.S., as it’s the first time an autonomous, electric, and remote-operated system is being installed on the scale in North America,” said Robert Falck, CEO at Einride. “The system will allow GEA to reduce its environmental footprint and reap the benefits of Einrides' world-leading technology.”
About Einride
Einride is a leading freight technology company providing digital, electric and autonomous shipping. It was founded in 2016 and became the world’s first company to operate an autonomous, electric freight vehicle on a public road in 2019. Einride´s award winning technology and products enable users to execute on electrification and automation, order and track shipments, oversee routes and assignment, visualise data and gain insights. For more information, please visit einride.tech.
About GEA
At GE Appliances, a Haier company, we come together to make "good things, for life." We're creators, thinkers and makers who believe that anything is possible and that there’s always a better way. We’re a company powered by our people, made stronger through our diversity — allowing us to grow closer than ever before to our owners, anticipate their needs and enhance their lives. Since 1907, we’ve built innovative, quality products that are trusted in half of all U.S. homes. We sell appliances under the Monogram®, Café™, GE Profile™, GE®, Haier and Hotpoint brands. Our products include refrigerators, freezers, cooking products, dishwashers, washers, dryers, wine & beverage centers, air conditioners, small appliances, water filtration systems and water heaters. To learn more about our company, visit www.geappliancesco.com.
Media contacts
Julie Wood, GE Appliances, a Haier company
(502) 741-1557 or julie_wood@geappliances.com
Malena Heed, Einride
+46 70 590 1274 or malena.heed@einride.tech
Press releases
Date | Title |
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11.15.2023 | First Einride Smartcharger Station Opens, Paving the Way for Electric Road Freight |
11.13.2023 | Einride Deploys First Full Time, Daily Autonomous Operations In Partnership With GE Appliances |
8.24.2023 | Einride Names Corinne Aaron, Former Tesla Marketing Lead as New Chief Marketing Officer |
6.21.2023 | Einride Appoints Former Volvo Cars CTO to Lead Autonomous Technologies |
6.14.2023 | Einride Goes Live in Norway to Lead Electric Deployment of Freight Mobility |
5.31.2023 | Einride and UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure Partner to Deploy Region's Largest Autonomous and Electric Fleet |
4.19.2023 | Einride Enables the Switch to Sustainable Freight in the UK |
12.7.2022 | Einride Secures $500 Million in Financing to Accelerate Deployment of Sustainable Freight Mobility |
12.1.2022 | Einride Launches in Benelux with World’s Leading Brewer, AB InBev to Lead Electric Transport Transformation in the Region |
11.2.2022 | Einride Unveils Disruptive Freight Mobility Solutions at November Release Event |
10.27.2022 | Einride Completes Historic Autonomous Vehicle Pilot on US Public Road With GE Appliances |
9.15.2022 | Einride Goes Live in Germany – Introduces a New Generation of Shipping Technology |
7.28.2022 | Einride and Beyond Meat® Work Together to Introduce Electric Vehicles to Beyond Meat’s U.S. Shipping Network |
6.23.2022 | New Type of Vehicle Developed by Einride Gets NHTSA Approval to Operate on US Public Road |
6.9.2022 | Einride and Oatly Expand Partnership to Electrify Oatly's North American Fleet |
5.19.2022 | Einride Unveils Expanded Product Offerings At First User Conference, Einride Mesh |
3.24.2022 | Einride and A.P. Moller - Maersk Partner for Largest Ever Electrification of Heavy Duty Road Freight |
3.14.2022 | Einride unveils world's first remote operator of autonomous, electric vehicle fleet |
1.10.2022 | Einride Brings on Freight Industry Expert to Lead European Team – Robert Ziegler Joins as General Manager, Europe |
11.3.2021 | Einride launches in the US - first to US market with the future of shipping |
10.26.2021 | Einride & GE Appliances announce first U.S. fleet of autonomous and electric trucks |
8.12.2021 | Einride Partners with Bridgestone to Create Cleaner, Safer, Low-Carbon Freight Mobility |
6.22.2021 | Co-founder of Klarna, Niklas Adalberth, joins Board of Directors at Einride |
5.6.2021 | Einride raises $110 million Series B to accelerate the future of freight mobility |
3.16.2021 | SKF and Einride enter into partnership for testing autonomous and electric transport |
2.22.2021 | Einride and Electrolux enter innovation partnership to electrify transports |
2.16.2021 | Einride and Lidl roll out intelligent and sustainable transport |
12.3.2020 | Einride next-generation autonomous vehicles powered by NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Orin for high-speed autonomous operations |
11.12.2020 | Einride strengthens logistics expertise with transportation industry research veteran |
10.30.2020 | Oatly reduces carbon footprint by 87% on selected routes in first month with Einride electric trucks and freight mobility platform |
10.20.2020 | Polarrenen drives transition to sustainable transport by becoming Einride financing partner |
10.15.2020 | Einride autonomous vehicle becomes first to set a record for an autonomous electric freight vehicle at the Top Gear track |
10.8.2020 | Einride launches next-generation autonomous vehicle, makes autonomous electric transport commercially available worldwide |
10.2.2020 | Einride Emerges as Leader in Autonomous Freight, Generating Revenue and Announcing New Investment from impact fund Norrsken VC |
6.3.2020 | Einride Launches Intelligent Freight Mobility Platform, Makes Sustainable Transport Attainable Today |
5.14.2020 | Einride partners with Oatly to electrify transport in Sweden |
4.22.2020 | Switching to sustainable freight: Lidl and Einride to electrify transport in Sweden |
4.7.2020 | Einride showcases one operator, multiple vehicle capability at a customer site |
2.14.2020 | Einride launches a beta version of the freight mobility platform for shippers |
12.6.2019 | Coca-Cola European Partners teams up with Einride for sustainable transport |
10.10.2019 | Einride raises $25 million series A to accelerate commercialization of its Autonomous, Electric Transport System |
8.22.2019 | Anders Böös new Chairman of Einride’s Board of Directors |
5.16.2019 | World premiere: First cab-less and autonomous, fully electric truck in commercial operations on public road |
5.8.2019 | World Premiere: Einride and DB Schenker to inaugurate first cab-less and autonomous, fully electric truck on public road |
5.8.2019 | Einride and innovative Swedish logistics company collaborates around sustainable transport |
4.26.2019 | Former Head of Daimler Trucks Asia will join Einride’s board of directors |
2.25.2019 | Einride showcases new teleoperation solution at Mobile World Congress |
2.14.2019 | Einride is teaming up with Ericsson to demonstrate the future of transport at the world’s largest mobile event |
11.7.2018 | Einride, Ericsson and Telia partners on 5G to bring autonomous, all-electric vehicles to the market |
11.6.2018 | DB Schenker and Einride launch first commercial installation of an Einride autonomous vehicle |
7.12.2018 | All-electric, autonomous logging truck revealed at Goodwood Festival of Speed |
4.18.2018 | The world’s first self-driving truck on public roads — to be introduced in Sweden |
10.25.2017 | Einride, a Swedish self-driving transportation startup, partners with Lidl to reduce emissions by up to 93 percent |