Einride & UAE to Deploy Region's Largest Autonomous & Electric Fleet

Einride, a Swedish freight mobility company, has announced a collaboration with the UAE Government for a freight mobility grid that will deploy a proposed 2,000 electric vehicles, 200 autonomous vehicles and eight charging stations. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will look to deploy Einride’s ecosystem, including electric and autonomous vehicles, charging infrastructure and transforming technology that unlocks digital, electric and autonomous solutions at scale.

The Falcon Rise grid will deploy Einride’s full freight mobility offering, providing over a stretch of 550 km across Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Sharjah.

Its aims is to simplify the management of road freight, removes industry inefficiencies, provides uninterrupted operations and significantly reduces emissions within the region.

The Falcon Rise project will look to be developed over the course of five years. 

Robert Falck, Einride's CEO and Founder, says: “This collaboration gets to the core of what Einride provides – the transformation to effective and sustainable shipping that is fully electric. By partnering on this deal, we’ll be able to showcase how entire regions are able to make the switch in an intelligent and cost-effective way.” 

"The establishment of the UAE Falcon Rise grid represents a significant milestone in our journey toward sustainable and intelligent transportation,” adds HE. Sharif Al-Olama, UAE Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure’s Undersecretary for Energy and Petroleum Affairs. “Through this collaboration with Einride, we aim to leverage the latest technological advancements to reduce emissions and enhance the efficiency of freight operations across the region."

“We look forward to collaborating with the UAE Government to build a more sustainable and resilient transportation system, with this partnership enabling this change to be effectively deployed at scale,” comments Robert Ziegler, General Manager, EMEA of Einride. “Einride’s offering will unlock new opportunities within the region by introducing a new way of shipping that is electric, autonomous, and digital.”

This marks Einride’s first announced project in the region, following multiple market expansions over the course of the past 12 months including Germany, the UK and Benelux.