Electrans Technologies Ltd. is a Canadian company focusing on the future of commercial vehicles in the transportation industry, by leveraging the company’s technical expertise in robotics, power management, and electric vehicle design combined with data analytics and intelligent software to generate operational efficiency improvements and cost savings for the fleet operators. Electrans is currently developing an automated coupling solution to enable the automatic connection between the tractor and the trailer. The solution replaces the human operator and incorporate advanced communication protocols between the tractor and the trailer, therefore enabling a fully autonomous operation of the tractor-trailer for the transportation industry. Additionally, Electrans has developed a proof of concept patented electric converter dolly that transform a road train with a conventional engine into a hybrid electric powertrain, thereby reducing the overall fuel consumption of the vehicle operation