Einride Puts Driverless, Cabless Electric Trucks to Work Hauling Freight in Ohio

Swedish transport firm Einride has reached a milestone that autonomous trucking advocates have been promising for years: its cabless, driverless electric rigs are now hauling real cargo on public roads in the United States. Two of the company’s purpose-built autonomous vehicles are running scheduled freight routes in Marysville, Ohio, ferrying goods between facilities operated by logistics provider EASE Logistics.

The operation falls under the Truck Automation Corridor Project, a collaborative initiative involving the Ohio Department of Transportation, DriveOhio, and the Indiana Department of Transportation. For EASE, this marks its third autonomous trucking rollout with DriveOhio, a sign that the company is treating automated freight as a practical tool rather than a one-off experiment. “EASE believes in leading through action and putting innovation to work in real-world operations,” said Peter Coratola Jr., President and CEO of EASE Logistics, framing the deployment as a step toward broader industry adoption of autonomous hauling.

Einride’s trucks are engineered to operate at SAE Level 4 autonomy, which means no human sits behind the wheel. Instead, a remote operator keeps watch over each vehicle from off-site and can step in when necessary. The trucks navigate local public roads, and the data they generate around safety, reliability, and efficiency is expected to shape how autonomous freight scales up from this initial route to longer corridors.

Einride’s ambitions stretch well beyond autonomy. The company has been building out electrification infrastructure as well—it runs a sizable heavy-duty EV charging hub in California—and in August it booked an order for 500 Tesla Semis, signaling that it intends to compete across both autonomous and conventional electric trucking.

“This deployment reflects the maturity of our purpose-built autonomous stack, combining driverless operation with remote oversight to run safely in real-world operations,” said Henrik Green, Einride’s CTO. According to Green, the daily runs in Marysville provide the evidence the company needs to keep pushing autonomous freight along the corridor and into new territory.