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EVolution Road has been commissioned by the Swedish Transport Administration to build a test and demonstration route for electric roads. The aim is to create more knowledge about electric roads and to investigate the potential of electric roads as a complement in a future fossil-free transport system. The installation of the electric road started in May 2020 and the project will last until 2024.
Fossil-free transport system
Today, domestic transport accounts for about one third of greenhouse gas emissions in Sweden. At the same time, Sweden has set tough climate targets: by 2030, the transport sector should have reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 70% compared to 2010 levels, and by 2045 it should have achieved net zero emissions. Achieving these targets will require us to find sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels. Various alternative modes of transport need to be developed to change today's transport system and the Swedish Transport Administration, as the contracting authority, sees electric roads as an important complement in tomorrow's fossil-free transport system.
Why electric roads?
Charging the vehicle while driving eliminates the need to stop to recharge the batteries, saving time. Electric roads also significantly reduce the size of the vehicle's battery. This leads to benefits such as less environmental impact and lighter vehicles that allow you to carry more freight or passengers. In other words, the electric road is a solution with high potential as it simultaneously:
- Utilizes existing road infrastructure.
- Makes vehicles more energy efficient, as they are lighter with smaller batteries.
- electricity can be produced from a range of sustainable sources such as solar, wind and hydro power.
Demonstration in Lund
The EVolution Road project is providing a kilometre-long stretch of road with charging rails that can automatically charge the batteries of electric vehicles - both when they are running and when they are stationary. It is a so-called conductive ground-based solution, where a collector under the vehicle makes direct contact with the road's charging rail, allowing current to be transferred and the vehicle's batteries to be charged. A bus that has been charged for one kilometre on the electric road can then drive about three kilometres on the charge.
The tests will run for one week each month, with an electric bus being the first to be tested. There will be a station at the side of the road for measurement and monitoring while the tests are running. The electric road will be built in the bus lane on Getingevägen and regular traffic is expected to flow undisturbed during the test period.
During the demonstration period of about two years, the project will test, measure, analyse and then report the results to the Swedish Transport Administration.
The demonstration section is located on Getingevägen in central Lund. In two phases, variants of the same technology will be tested.
The project will test two different variants of the same technology: in the first phase a charging rail placed on top of the road and in phase two a charging rail recessed into the road.
Fossil-free transport system
Today, domestic transport accounts for about one third of greenhouse gas emissions in Sweden. At the same time, Sweden has set tough climate targets: by 2030, the transport sector should have reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 70% compared to 2010 levels, and by 2045 it should have achieved net zero emissions. Achieving these targets will require us to find sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels. Various alternative modes of transport need to be developed to change today's transport system and the Swedish Transport Administration, as the contracting authority, sees electric roads as an important complement in tomorrow's fossil-free transport system.
Why electric roads?
Charging the vehicle while driving eliminates the need to stop to recharge the batteries, saving time. Electric roads also significantly reduce the size of the vehicle's battery. This leads to benefits such as less environmental impact and lighter vehicles that allow you to carry more freight or passengers. In other words, the electric road is a solution with high potential as it simultaneously:
- Utilizes existing road infrastructure.
- Makes vehicles more energy efficient, as they are lighter with smaller batteries.
- electricity can be produced from a range of sustainable sources such as solar, wind and hydro power.
Demonstration in Lund
The EVolution Road project is providing a kilometre-long stretch of road with charging rails that can automatically charge the batteries of electric vehicles - both when they are running and when they are stationary. It is a so-called conductive ground-based solution, where a collector under the vehicle makes direct contact with the road's charging rail, allowing current to be transferred and the vehicle's batteries to be charged. A bus that has been charged for one kilometre on the electric road can then drive about three kilometres on the charge.
The tests will run for one week each month, with an electric bus being the first to be tested. There will be a station at the side of the road for measurement and monitoring while the tests are running. The electric road will be built in the bus lane on Getingevägen and regular traffic is expected to flow undisturbed during the test period.
During the demonstration period of about two years, the project will test, measure, analyse and then report the results to the Swedish Transport Administration.
The demonstration section is located on Getingevägen in central Lund. In two phases, variants of the same technology will be tested.
The project will test two different variants of the same technology: in the first phase a charging rail placed on top of the road and in phase two a charging rail recessed into the road.
| Status | Finished |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 2019/08/01 → 2024/12/31 |
Collaborative partners
- Lund University
- Innovation Skåne AB (Project partner) (lead)
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Electrical Properties of Conductive Electric Roads
Wenander, D. (Researcher), Alaküla, M. (Supervisor) & Marquez, F. (Assistant supervisor)
2019/10/01 → 2025/05/16
Project: Dissertation