Sweden is building world’s first permanent electrified motorway
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Sweden is building the world’s first permanent electrified highway that will charge drivers’ electric vehicles as they drive
- It will be built on a 21-mile section of the E20 highway between Hallsberg and Örebro
- It comes after the EU passed a law requiring cars to have zero C02 emissions from 2035
Sweden is building the world’s first electric highway that will allow cars and trucks to charge while driving.
The ‘e-highway’ will be built along the 21-kilometre European route E20 connecting Hallsberg and Örebro, located between the three major Swedish cities of Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö.
It comes after the European Union passed a law last month requiring all new cars sold to be zero carbon emissions from 2035.
Jan Pettersson, Director of Strategic Development at the Swedish Transport Administration, welcomed the development and said highway electrification is essential to ‘decarbonise the transport sector’.
In 2018, Sweden tested the world’s first electric vehicle charging rail along a 1.6 km road between Arlanda Airport, Stockholm and Rosersberg.
Sweden is building the world’s first electric highway that will allow cars and trucks to charge while driving
The ‘e-highway’ will be built along 21 miles of European route E20 connecting Hallsberg and Örebro, located between the three major Swedish cities of Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö
The project is in the tendering phase and is expected to be built in 2025 Euro news.
The charging method for the highway is not yet decided, but there are three types of charging methods: catenary system, inductive system and conductive system.
The catenary system can only be used for heavy vehicles because it uses overhead wires to supply electricity to a special kind of bus or tram.
Conductive charging works like a wireless charger for smartphones where the electric vehicles receive energy from a pad or plate on the road.
Meanwhile, the inductive charging system uses equipment buried under the road that sends electricity to a coil inside the electric vehicle.
In 2018, Sweden tested the world’s first electric vehicle charging rail along a one-and-a-half-kilometer road stretch between Arlanda Airport, Stockholm and Rosersberg
The inductive charging system uses equipment buried under the road that sends electricity to a coil inside the electric vehicle.
Sweden has 310,685 miles of roads, but should only electrify the highways, as cars never have to travel more than 28 miles to reach one.
The country plans to electrify an additional 3,000 kilometers of roads by 2045 and is working with Germany and France to share experiences through research collaborations.
Sweden and Germany have had demonstration facilities on public roads for several years and France is planning to purchase an electric road trial.