Einride to deploy 500 Tesla Semis for Amazon, tripling EV fleet

Einride's 500-truck Tesla Semi order for Amazon marks the largest electric heavy-duty deployment globally, tripling the Swedish firm's fleet to about 750 vehicles across five US freight corridors.

"This deployment is yet another proof point that we can execute at the scale our customers demand," Roozbeh Charli, chief executive officer at Einride, said.

The phased rollout begins September 2026 over 24 months, financed through third-party solutions rather than equity. Saga AI, Einride's fleet intelligence platform, has already powered more than 19 million electric miles and 42,000 optimization sessions across seven years of commercial operations.

The order moves Einride toward converting roughly $800 million in potential long-term annual recurring revenue under joint business plans with shippers into active capacity, while handing Tesla its largest commercial validation of the Semi product line to date.

The deployment serves Amazon and other Einride customers across corridors in California, Texas, New Jersey, Illinois and Georgia, extending what the company calls North America's largest electric freight network. Einride's shares rose more than 27 percent in premarket trading Tuesday after the announcement, which arrived alongside first-half results showing revenue of $27 million, up 26 percent year over year on a constant currency basis. Management expects second-half growth to double to 60-73 percent, fueled by the Amazon ramp and other US and European deployments.

The economics favor electric trucks at scale, according to Tesla. "EV heavy trucks provide lower costs per mile from fuel savings, reduced maintenance, and better uptime over diesel trucks," Dan Priestley, director of Semi at Tesla, said. Those savings compound when fleets deploy at scale, he added.

Saga AI's compounding network

Saga AI optimizes individual electric trucks into a coordinated network, managing variables such as charging time and energy costs that shift situationally. Every additional truck and mile feeds operating data back into the platform, so network efficiency compounds rather than staying flat. That data advantage is what lets Einride offer shippers electric capacity without the operational burden or capital risk of fleet ownership, a model it calls Freight-Capacity-as-a-Service.

For Einride, the deal is central to its path to cash flow breakeven by 2028, when it targets 1,500-2,000 trucks in operation. The company listed on Nasdaq on June 10 after a business combination with Legato Merger Corp. III, raising $113 million in an oversubscribed PIPE. It reported a net loss of SEK 1.12 billion ($115 million) in the first half, driven largely by non-cash charges tied to the listing, and held SEK 748 million ($77 million) in cash at June 30.

The order also deepens Einride's relationship with Amazon, which in April agreed to deploy 75 electric heavy-duty trucks across five US locations. Einride has separately partnered with DAF, a PACCAR company, to accelerate autonomous electric freight, and acquired charging software firm Flipturn to build out North America's heavy-duty charging network.

For Tesla, the 500-truck order is a commercial milestone for the Semi, which competes with Class 8 electric trucks from Daimler Truck and Volvo. Tesla shares traded down 0.87 percent at $339.30 in Tuesday's session, while Einride's American depositary shares gained 0.98 percent after the premarket surge. The deal also pressures legacy truck makers to accelerate their own electric lineups as large shippers like Amazon lock in battery-powered capacity.

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