Einride · self-driving truck
Einride Pod
formerly T-pod
A cabless electric freight vehicle with no windscreen or steering wheel, driven autonomously on set routes with remote operators who can supervise several units and take over when needed.
- Price
- —service only, not sold
- Autonomy
- Level 4No driver needed in its area
- Driverless
- In serviceSince 2019-05
- Fleet
- 2026Reported; details below
- Speed
- —Not published
- Payload
- 16000 kgToo few to rank
Why it matters
Began daily driverless freight runs on a public road in Jonkoping, Sweden in May 2019, and in 2022 became the first cabless autonomous electric truck allowed on US public roads (GE Appliances, Selmer, Tennessee).
Real-world use
Einride reported six autonomous deployments in the US and Europe and over 5,400 driverless hours in customer operations as of 30 June 2026; it listed on Nasdaq in June 2026.
Maker
EinrideCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Driverless in service
- Where it runs
- Jonkoping, Sweden (DB Schenker); Selmer, Tennessee (GE Appliances); six deployments in the US and Europe (Einride, 2026)
- Driverless since
- 2019-05
- Fleet
- Six autonomous deployments (Einride, June 2026); vehicle count not published
- Rides, miles or loads
- Over 5,400 driverless hours in contracted customer operations as of 30 June 2026 (Einride)
- SAE level
- Level 4: drives itself with no one at the controls inside its approved area
How it stacks up
Against other trucks that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Too few trucks publish a payload to rank it. Bars show the 0 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, weight, speed, joints, battery, price.
Public attention
How much public attention Einride Pod (formerly T-pod) gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
- 1 reported deployment
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.
From the maker
Einride Pod (formerly T-pod) is the only vehicle from Einride in the atlas.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishedservice only, not sold
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Where it works
1 reported deployment.
- Deployed
Einride with GE Appliances · GE Appliances factory to warehouse · Selmer
An Einride autonomous electric truck makes up to seven factory-to-warehouse shuttles a day for GE Appliances in Selmer, Tennessee. GE Appliances
Side by side with its peers
Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose
| Measure | Einride Pod (formerly T-pod)Einride | No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useKargoBot L4 robotruck (KargoPlatform)KargoBot (spun out of DiDi)Same job: freight · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Scania autonomous hub-to-hub truckScania (TRATON)Same job: freight · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |  Dongfeng heavy truck with Inceptio Xuanyuan systemInceptio Technology with Dongfeng Commercial VehicleSame job: freight · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots |
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| First shown | 2017-07-04 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021-03-10 |
| Status | Commercial | Commercial | Pilot use | Commercial |
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| Payload | 16000 kg | — | — | — |
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Sources
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