The world’s first electrified road recharging the batteries of cars and trucks while driving opened in Sweden. The Swedish Minister for Infrastructure, Tomas Eneroth, was at the formal inauguration of the electrified road on April 11, 2018.
The Swedish Minister for Infrastructure, Tomas Eneroth, participated at the inauguration,
April 11 in Stockholm. Photo: NCC, Joakim Kröger
The stretch of road outside Stockholm transfers energy from two tracks of rail in the road, recharging the batteries of electric cars and trucks. Energy on the road is transferred from two tracks of rail in the road via a movable arm attached to the bottom of a vehicle.
“It is has been very exciting to see this grow and we have plans for more to come”, says Sofia Lundberg, project manager of eRoadArlanda and Deputy Research Director at the Swedish National Roads and Transport Research Institute (VTI).
About 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) of electric rail has been embedded in a public road near Stockholm. The electrified road is divided into 50 metre sections, with an individual section powered only when a vehicle is above it.
The technology behind the electrification of the road linking Stockholm Arlanda airport to a logistics site outside the capital city aims to solve the thorny problems of keeping electric vehicles charged, and the manufacture of their batteries affordable.
“One of the most important issues of our time is the question of how to make fossil-free road transportation a reality. We now have a solution that will make this possible, which is amazing. Sweden is at the cutting edge of this technology, which we now hope to introduce in other areas of the country and the world,” says Hans Säll, Chairman of the eRoadArlanda consortium and Business Development Director at NCC.
The project eRoad Arlanda is run by a consortium with the following partners: Elways, NCC, PostNord, ABT-bolagen, Vattenfall, DAF, KTH, Kilenkrysset, VTI, E-traction, GCT, KTH, Bilprovningen, Airport City Stockholm, Sigtuna kommun, Swedavia, Arlanda Stad Holding, TraningPartner, FirstHotel, Frost Produktion, SMM Dulevo och Sandströms Elfirma.
Contact:
Sofia Lundberg
sofia.lundberg@vti.se
VTI, Sweden
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