While self-driving passenger trailers are still in the testing phase and tech companies still need to send drivers to help test them, Sweden’s transport ministry is preparing to grant permits for a round of fully electric and autonomous vans to drive and deliver goods on roads. The service is the result of a partnership between Swedish startup Einride and German logistics company DB Schenker, according to the source, which said testing of the service began early last month. Swedish authorities are expected to grant permission in January, and Einride’s T-Pod will be the world’s first fully electric self-driving van to be allowed to operate commercially on roads. Using the Nvidia Drive platform, the Einride T-Pod is a Level 4 autonomous vehicle capable of carrying 20 tons of cargo and traveling about 200 kilometers on a full charge, even though it is powered entirely by electricity. The main feature of the T-Pod is that it is fully autonomous on highways, requiring the intervention of controllers only when the truck enters a regional road or rough section. Why not call them drivers? Because the controllers are not inside the T-Pod, but control the cars remotely, each controller can operate up to 10 trucks at once.