Einride has filed a lawsuit against A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, alleging wrongful termination of a 2022 agreement to deploy a large fleet of battery-electric heavy-duty trucks in the U.S.
The original agreement between the companies was announced in March 2022 and called for the delivery of 300 battery-electric Class 8 trucks, the installation of 150 charging stations, and the integration of Einride’s digital freight-management platform. At the time, both companies described the project as one of the largest planned deployments of electric heavy-duty freight equipment in North America.
According to the lawsuit, Einride claims that Maersk terminated the agreement after seeking substantial changes to the commercial terms and requesting significant pricing reductions. Einride alleges that Maersk did not meet certain internal readiness targets tied to the rollout and subsequently withdrew from the multi-year project.
Maersk has disputed these allegations, stating that Einride did not deliver the contracted vehicles on the agreed timeline and failed to pay key subcontractors engaged to support the project. Both sides cite unmet obligations as the reason the partnership dissolved.
The lawsuit details the end of a high-profile arrangement that had been highlighted as part of Maersk’s North American landside decarbonization strategy and Einride’s expansion of its electric-freight operations in the U.S.
