Dive Brief:
- Einride will add 500 Tesla Semis over a two-year period starting in September, tripling the size of its fleet, according to a Tuesday news release.
- The electric trucks will expand the electric and autonomous transportation service provider’s network across California, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey and Texas.
- “EV heavy trucks provide lower costs per mile from fuel savings, reduced maintenance, and better uptime over diesel trucks,” Tesla Director of Semi Dan Priestley said in the release.
Dive Insight:
Electric truck manufacturers are projected to continue to curb costs for expensive battery-electric trucks in the upcoming years, but EV players such as Einride are already presenting business cases for shippers seeking emissions reductions.
Other players have also placed large orders with Tesla, whose Semi has an advertised range of 500 miles. WattEV plans to add 370 such trucks this year. Walmart Canada, seeking a zero-emissions fleet by 2028, raised its order of Semis to 130 in 2020, more than tripling its original request.
Einride described its order and future deployment as the largest Tesla Semi in the world to date. "This deployment is yet another proof point that we can execute at the scale our customers demand," Einride CEO Roozbeh Charli said in the release.
Einride, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, was founded in 2016 and launched its U.S. operations in 2021. It provides electric and autonomous transportation services.
