Einride and GE Appliances start autonomous movement of freight

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GE Appliances has begun transporting finished goods between a manufacturing facility and a warehouse in the US with an autonomous freight solution developed by Einride.

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The daily transport of finished goods is taking place four days a week in Selmer, Tennessee, enabling up to seven shuttles a day of autonomous operation.

The long-term deployment follows pilot projects with GE Appliances in a gated environment in 2021. This was followed by the first public road pilot in the US for a purpose built autonomous, electric truck without a driver on board.

In a statement, Henrik Green, general manager, Autonomous Technologies, Einride, said: “We are very proud to partner with GEA and be able to lead the industry in providing autonomous technology and deploying it in the strongest commercial use case today. We look forward to continuing this work to establish autonomous’ key role in transportation, both with GEA and other partners across markets.”

The Einride autonomous vehicle is part of a larger interoperability project in Selmer to create an automated logistics flow that improves employee ergonomics and safety around the loading docks and increases efficiency.

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