Windrose and Orange Forge Strategic Partnership on 5G-Enabled V2X Technology
Windrose and Orange will develop 5G-based vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology for Windrose's 670 km-range electric heavy-duty trucks, tapping into Orange's new 5G highway corridor between France and Germany.
Windrose Technology and Orange, the French telecom operator, announced a strategic partnership on January 27, 2025 to develop 5G-based vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology for Windrose's electric heavy-duty trucks — the same 670 km-range platform slated for mass production in Europe in 2025.
The collaboration is built around real-time vehicle monitoring, remote diagnostics, predictive maintenance, and remote rescue — capabilities that lean on Orange's 5G network rather than a bespoke connectivity stack.
It also connects Windrose to Orange's "5G Autobahn to Autoroute" (5G A2A) project: a 60-kilometer 5G-enabled highway corridor between Metz, France and Saarbrücken, Germany, purpose-built to support autonomous driving and connected vehicles. Construction began in early 2025, with completion targeted for the end of 2027.
Windrose, founded in 2022, holds more than 240 patents and says over 80% of its R&D team has eight or more years of truck-industry experience; its trucks are already running in China, the US, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand for customers including Decathlon, Rémy Cointreau, and CEVA Logistics. Orange is a French multinational telecom operator with roughly 137,000 employees and 298 million customers worldwide, and has committed to net-zero emissions by 2040.