Electric driverless truck on public road

Swedish autonomous vehicle start-up Einride and German logistics group DB Schenker are set to gain regulatory approval, allowing an all-electric, driverless truck to carry freight on a public road

Jonkoping 
Gothenburg
SWEDEN 
Helsingborg
SWEDEN 
DENMARK
100km 60 miles

Einride, which is operating pilot project in Jonkoping, hopes fleet of 200 T-Pods will connect cities of Gothenburg and Helsingborg, 200km apart, by 2020

T-POD SPECIFICATIONS
Top speed: 85km/hr 
Cargo capacity: 15 standard pallets
Weight with full cargo: 20 tonnes 
Battery capacity: 200kWh
Range on single charge:  200km

7 metres
Camera
Lidar 
Radar
Radar
Computer
Camera
Lidar 
Radar
Batteries


Camera: Can read lane markings and traffic signs

Radar: Electromagnetic pulse measures location and speed of objects at more than 150 metres

Lidar: Infrared laser beam reflected on rotating mirror surveys surroundings

Computer: T-pod powered by Nvidia Drive platform. Operator sitting hundreds of kilometres away can supervise up to 10 vehicles at once



 Sources: Einride, DB Schenker, FT Picture: Einride © GRAPHIC NEWS