In Sweden, an electrified road that recharges commercial and passenger vehicles while driving opened Wednesday outside Stockholm, the first of its kind in the race for electric transportation.
The 1.2-mile stretch linking Stockholm Arlanda airport to a logistics site is the first leg of what the government plans to be an national expansion of the technology, The Guardian reported. The project is part of the country's efforts to achieve independence from fossil fuel by 2030.
The road includes two tracks of rail, and energy is transferred via a movable arm attached to the bottom of a vehicle similar to a Scalextric slot car track, the newspaper said. The road, a project of the eRoadArlanda consortium, is powered in 50-meter segments, with the current connected only when a vehicle is above it.
"One of the most important issues of our time is the question of how to make fossil-free road transportation a reality," Hans Sall, eRoadArlanda chairman, said in a statement. "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."
The technology allows for more affordable batteries and solves problems with keeping them charged, The Guardian noted.
While other electrified roads have been developed in Sweden and elsewhere, this is the first to be usable for electric cars.
Siemens opened an electrified road in California last year for specific trucks using overhead wires and extending arms, Forbes reported. That project is an effort to reduce smog in the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
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