Einride procures 500 Tesla Semi trucks Einride has announced a partnership with Tesla to prepare for the “world’s largest Tesla Semi deployment”. The model in question is Tesla’s battery-electric truck, which is set to be introduced in the US later this year following the launch of series production this spring at Gigafactory Nevada. Einride specifically announced that it will deploy “500 Tesla Semi trucks on its Saga AI platform for Amazon and other customers, converting signed contracts into revenue-generating freight capacity”. Einride has not specified how the vehicles will be added to its fleet. The Swedish company, which is listed on the US stock exchange, refers to a newly agreed collaboration with Tesla. Whether the vehicles will be purchased, leased, or acquired through another type of agreement remains unclear. However, the scale of the procurement is evident: the 500 Semi units will expand Einride’s battery-electric truck fleet in the USA to 750 vehicles. This procurement will thus account for two-thirds of the company’s future electric fleet. Regarding future deployment of the Semi fleet, Einride states that the electric trucks will operate across North America for its customers – with Amazon the only to be named explicitly. Specifically, new electric freight corridors are planned in California, Texas, New Jersey, Illinois, and Georgia. According to an accompanying statement, the procurement of the 500 units is set to begin in September 2026 and will be completed within two years. The financing is fully covered by third-party solutions, though Einride has not provided further details. For context: Einride was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Stockholm. The Swedish company initially aimed to deploy driverless commercial vehicles and has already developed a corresponding concept vehicle called the T-Pod. In recent years, however, the company’s core product has been the Saga AI software platform, which