Einride has announced a joint cooperation with the Integrated Transport Center (ITC) and the Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities and Transport (DMT) to scale the electrification of road freight in the region.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the parties will look to build out the Abu Dhabi portion of the Falcon Rise Grid, equating to half of the total project, by deploying technology and working on regulation to foster an effective regional transition.
The Falcon Rise grid will stretch 550 km across Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Sharjah, encompassing 2,000 electric trucks, 200 autonomous trucks and eight charging stations with over 500 charging points.
It will be developed over the course of five years.
Einride’s freight ecosystem is based on a planned, optimised, and monitored grid system using the Einride Saga platform.
The grid simplifies the management of road freight and is aimed at removing industry inefficiencies, providing uninterrupted operations and reducing emissions within the region.
The full Einride freight mobility offering will be deployed across Abu Dhabi and Al Ain with 1,000 electric heavy-duty trucks and 100 autonomous vehicles, with strategically placed charging infrastructure.
This will all be powered and optimised with the AI-powered freight operating system, Einride Saga, it was shared.
His Excellency Abdullah Al Marzouqi, the Director-General of the Integrated Transport Center, served as the signatory of the MoU, which was signed earlier this month.
“With this partnership, we’ll be able to further solidify our plan of electrification across the region as it will support key work such as the shaping of incentives and policy,” said Robert Ziegler, General Manager EMEA at Einride.
Adding: “We look forward to collaborating with the Abu Dhabi government to ensure a more resilient transportation ecosystem is deployed to drive impact and reduce emissions.”