Einride completes autonomous border crossing and customs passing - The Robot Report

Einride AB has successfully completed the world’s first fully autonomous, cabless, electric truck crossing a national border without a human driver onboard, traversing from Norway to Sweden at Ørje. This milestone demonstrates Einride’s in-house developed autonomous freight technology, which integrates electric heavy-duty vehicles, charging infrastructure, and an intelligent freight operating system. The achievement is part of the MODI Project, co-founded with the EU, aiming to safely advance heavy-duty autonomous transportation across markets by addressing regulatory and technical challenges such as differing national laws, road signage, and customs procedures. To facilitate the complex border crossing process, Einride partnered with Norway’s customs authority and Q-Free to integrate its trucks with the Digitoll digital customs system, enabling advance digital declaration of goods and streamlining customs clearance without human intervention. The autonomous operation utilized Einride’s proprietary Autonomous Drive Stack, a purpose-built cabless vehicle, and a Control Tower platform for fleet management. The project involved collaboration among Swedish and Norwegian agencies and was conducted