Lidl has started using a cab-less autonomous electric truck for regular store deliveries in Germany, assigning it a daily replenishment route between its Edermünde distribution centre and a nearby store.
The truck, supplied by Swedish freight technology company Einride, operates at SAE Level 4 under a permit from Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority, or KBA.
The vehicle operates without a driver or safety operator on board. Einride and Lidl said the KBA permit is the first of its kind in Germany for a cab-less Level 4 truck operating as part of daily logistics.
Autonomous truck enters daily replenishment
The truck has space for 15 Euro…
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