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Einride Pod (formerly T-pod)
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CommercialSwedenSupervisedSAE level 4

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.

Timeline

First shown
2017-07-04
Released
2018-11
Full-scale T-pod prototype reported

Maker

EinrideCompany

How 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.

  1. Einride Pod (formerly T-pod)Einride · 201716000 kg

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 2026-10-13; 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.

Map
  • 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

Full comparison

Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

Einride Almedalen Week: Einride pushes for innovation and intelligent mobility Taiwan News (GlobeNewswire) Einride first half 2026 results Robotics 24/7 Einride Pod Picks Up Federal Approval to Operate Autonomously on U.S. Public Roads CNBC Photos: Sweden's Einride unveils new autonomous pod delivery trucks

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