SKF tests autonomous and electrical transport of goods

<p style="text-align: center;"><img title="1616138164728226.jpg" alt="8.jpg" src="/ueditor/php/upload/image/20210319/1616138164728226.jpg"/></p><p>SKF is now testing a self-driving electric truck together with the tech company Einride, to transport goods on a public road between the factory and the warehouse in Gothenburg.</p><p><br/></p><p>&nbsp;Einride was the first company in the world to drive electric, self-driving truck on public roads for commercial purposes already in 2018.<br/><br/>&quot;We have decided to reduce our CO2 impact by 40 percent from freight transport over a ten-year period until 2025. We therefore review our entire logistics flow from a CO2 perspective. This is an example of initiatives that give us new opportunities to create efficient, sustainable and autonomous logistics flows that contribute to our goals&quot;, says Mattias Axelsson Global Logistics Manager at SKF.<br/><br/>For SKF, autonomous vehicles are nothing new. Today self-driving trucks are used, known as Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV), inside factories and warehouses. There are also advanced plans to develop a solution for autonomous loading and unloading of the autonomous truck, which can carry up to ten tonnes at a time. However, driving driverless vehicles on public roads requires a special permit from the Swedish Transport Agency, which the two companies plan to apply for together.<br/><br/>&quot;With the partnership with SKF, we now have customers in all our priority customer segments: trade, consumer goods and industrial goods, which we are very proud of. Together with them, we will learn and grow quickly,&quot; says Jonas Hernlund, Commercial Manager at Einride.<br/><br/>About Einride<br/>Einride is a Swedish transport tech company that develops and provides freight solutions using electric and autonomous vehicles. Founded in 2016, the company was the first in the world to drive electric, self-driving trucks on public roads for commercial purposes.</p>