Sweden’s Einride and Bridgestone have announced a partnership aimed at co-creating innovative and sustainable mobility solutions for electrified and autonomous Class 8 vehicles. The collaboration will allow Einride to collect new layers of safety and efficiency-related data from Bridgestone’s smart-sensing tires, while enabling Bridgestone to integrate its advanced mobility technologies into Einride’s onboard vehicle platforms.
As part of the agreement, Bridgestone will become an official U.S. launch partner of Einride and the exclusive tire supplier for Einride in the U.S. market.
In turn, Einride will supply connected electric trucks and digital services under a subscription agreement to Bridgestone for its U.S. shipping logistics network, with the aim of electrifying the majority of Bridgestone’s landside transport needs by 2025.
Bridgestone is the world’s largest tire and rubber company.
Niklas Reinedahl, General Manager, Einride North America, says: “Partnering with Brigestone is a great match for us both from a commercial and technical standpoint’. We have an ambitious business plan for electric and autonomous transportation in the U.S. as well as innovative plans to improve our capabilities by leveraging tire-as-a-sensor technology and insights derived from the tire telematics data.”
Nizar Trigui, Chief Technology Officer and Group President, Solutions Businesses, Bridgestone Americas, adds: “We are incredibly excited about this partnership and the opportunity to accelerate our shared goal of creating innovative solutions for fleets while advancing the transformation of Bridgestone into a sustainable solutions company. There is a very high ceiling for innovation within this relationship, including the use of vehicle and tire data and advanced analytics to drive efficiency, safety and low-carbon fleet mobility.”
Einride was the first in the world to operate an electric, self-driving truck on public roads for commercial purposes in 2019.
Keyword: Sweden’s Einride Partners With Bridgestone to Create Safer, Low-Carbon Freight Mobility