Electrified Roads Developed In Sweden
Electrified Roads Developed In Sweden: The world major automakers have also introduced electric vehicles, which are also known as environmentally friendly cars, and related technology to minimize the threat to already worst atmosphere.
In a pleasant move, the roads, which were largely designed for the vehicles that run only on gas or diesel fuel, are being developed with a new technology that would help reduce driver’s main complaints about charging the batteries during a long distance.
An electrified road in Sweden can charge moving vehicles and could potentially help cut the high cost of electric cars.
A electrified rail embedded in the tarmac of the 2-km-long (1.24 miles) road charges the truck automatically as it travels above it. A movable arm attached to the truck detects the rail’s location in the road, and charging stops when the vehicle is overtaking or coming to a halt.
The project, involving multiple companies, is called eRoad Arlanda. The truck’s battery is charged from the electrified road as it travels.
According to official, the technology works in a simple way. A 15-centimeter-wide electrical rail is built into the road. The vehicle contains equipment that automatically senses the electrified road. An arm then lowers from the vehicle to make contact with the rail. The system is designed to make continuous charging on the road effortless for the driver.
The system can be built into existing roads to reduce costs. He estimates that putting in a highly developed version of eRoadArlanda’s technology would cost about 1 million dollars per kilometer. That amount sounds like a big number and could add up fast over thousands of kilometers. According to him the cost is still a lot less when compared to other transportation infrastructure projects.
It is, of course, hard to estimate how it would really work as it seems to be a science fiction idea, but the environmental protection is one of the most important issues to solve at present.
In 2016 world´s first electric road got inaugurated near the city of Gävle in central Sweden, the result of a unique partnership demonstrating the path towards fossil-free transportation. Scania is supplying with the electrically-powered trucks, which will operate under real traffic conditions.
Opening today, 22 June, the two-kilometre strip on the E16 motorway sees electrified trucks from Scania driven in open traffic, using conductive technology developed by Siemens.
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