Freight technology company Einride AB and EASE Logistics announced the deployment of the SAE Level 4 (L4) autonomous electric trucks for daily freight operations between EASE warehouses in Marysville, Ohio. The development marks a new phase for the Truck Automation Corridor Project, an $8.8 million joint effort launched in 2021 by the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), DriveOhio and the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) to prepare Ohio and Indiana's interstates for automated freight.
Two of Einride's cab-less, driverless electric trucks are now running scheduled routes on EASE property and local public roads, with a remote operator monitoring off-site. Starting last month, the deployment began generating operational data on safety, reliability and efficiency.
"This deployment reflects the maturity of our purpose-built autonomous stack, combining driverless operation with remote oversight to run safely in real-world operations," Einride CTO Henrik Green said. "Daily operations in Marysville give us the proof points we need to keep expanding autonomous freight across the corridor and beyond."
The companies plan to use the operational data from daily service, including miles driven, loads moved and uptime, to guide the next phase of the deployment and to inform broader conversations with ODOT, INDOT and prospective logistics partners about scaling autonomous freight across the region.
