{"id":16056,"date":"2022-02-22T15:56:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T20:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=16056"},"modified":"2022-02-22T15:56:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T20:56:23","slug":"einride-purchases-200-class-8-battery-electric-trucks-from-byd-to-be-deployed-in-the-us-using-its-saga-technology-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=16056","title":{"rendered":"Einride purchases 200 Class 8 battery-electric trucks from BYD to be deployed in the US using its Saga technology platform"},"content":{"rendered":"

BYD<\/a> has announced that Swedish freight technology company, Einride<\/a>, has purchased 200 of its 8TT battery-electric trucks \u2013 the company\u2019s largest heavy-duty BEV sale outside of Asia. The BYD electric trucks will be built in the US and delivered to Einride over the next 12 months to support its fleet customers stateside. <\/p>\n

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BYD is an acronym for \u201cBuild Your Dreams,\u201d a motto the Chinese automaker has followed since its founding in 1995. BYD Auto, the subsidiary of BYD Co. Ltd., will be celebrating its 20th anniversary next year as one of the largest auto manufacturers in China. In 2021,\u00a0BYD produced over 320,000 BEVs<\/a>, second in the country to only SAIC.<\/p>\n

In addition to\u00a0unique \u201cblade\u201d EV batteries<\/a>, BYD Auto develops and manufactures electric cars, buses<\/a>, trucks, bicycles, and forklifts \u2013 under its own monicker as well as for other\u00a0OEMs like Toyota<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A new customer for the automaker is now Einride \u2013 a Swedish freight technology company founded in 2016 that develops electrified commercial mobility solutions and autonomous, Class 8 trucks. We first covered the startup in 2018 when it unveiled its T-Log,\u00a0an autonomous all-electric logging truck<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This was followed by the Pod, a similar all-electric driverless truck that\u00a0began public road testing in Sweden back in 2019<\/a>, making Einride the first company to accomplish such a feat in the country. In addition to the its futuristic Pods, Einride provides E-Trucks<\/a> featuring its Saga Platform to help optimize fleets and logistics for customers. <\/p>\n

Last November, Einride announced it was launching services in the United States<\/a> to help transition freight transportation in the country. With its latest electric truck purchase from BYD, we now know what Einride\u2019s US fleet customers will soon be driving.<\/p>\n

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A glimpse of Einride\u2019s Saga fleet platform \/ Source: Einride<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BYD\u2019s electric trucks to be led by Einride Saga in the US<\/h2>\n

According to the press release<\/a> from BYD, the 200 8TT electric trucks are being built in Lancaster, California with deliveries beginning this month. BYD expects to deliver all of the trucks on Einride\u2019s order in the next twelve months.<\/p>\n

Einride will then integrate its Saga holistic operating system<\/a> into the electric trucks to support US fleet customers in transitioning, managing, and streamlining their vehicle electrification. Here are some additional Saga features:<\/p>\n