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Maja Kunert

Supermarket deliveries: Lidl tests autonomous electric lorry

Since this week, a lorry without a cab and without a driver has been on the road in public traffic in Edermünde in the German state of Hesse, near Kassel. Lidl says it is the first food retailer in Germany to deploy a cabless electric HGV with autonomous driving capability in live operations. Its partner is Swedish technology company Einride.

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