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SWEDEN TO BUILD WORLD’S FIRST PERMANENT ELECTRIFIED MOTORWAY – COULD THE UK BE
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3rd May 2023
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Sweden has revealed plans to build the world’s first electrified motorway, which
will allow electric cars to automatically recharge as they pass over the surface
of the road.

The e-motorway, which is due to be completed by the end of 2025, is part of the
country’s plans to decarbonise the transport industry.

First reported by Euronews, Sweden has piloted a number of similar schemes in
recent years – although the latest announcement is the most ambitious yet.

In total, 13 miles of the E20 motorway will be converted, passing through three
major Swedish cities – Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö.

Jan Pettersson, Director at the Swedish Transport Administration, said: “We
think the electrification solution is the way forward for decarbonising the
transport sector and we are working with a number of solutions.”

Despite the new announcement, how the electrified motorway will be implemented
is still under discussion. The Government will have three options to choose
from.

According to reports, the first option is to use a catenary system that uses
overhead wires to provide power to cars on the road, which would be most
suitable for buses or trams.

The second option is to use an inductive system. This is where engineers will
bury equipment underneath the road which sends power to coils fitted to EVs as
they travel along.

The final option is where the new stretch of road would use conductive charging.
This is where electricity is sent wirelessly to a metal plate on the EV.

The most prominent pilot scheme took place on the island of Gotland. This is
where a small stretch of road was used by trucks and buses and used wireless
electric charging.

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In 2022, Volvo Cars announced the testing of a new wireless EV charging
technology in a live city environment.

Over a three-year period, a small fleet of fully electric Volvo XC40 Recharge
SUVs will be used as taxis by Cabonline, the largest taxi operator in the Nordic
region, and charged wirelessly at stations in Gothenburg, Sweden.

The wireless charging test is one of many projects outlined within the strategic
initiative Gothenburg Green City Zone, under which designated areas within the
city are used as live test beds for the development of sustainable technologies.

“Gothenburg Green City Zone lets us try exciting new technologies in a real
environment and evaluate them over time for a potential future broader
introduction,” said Mats Moberg, Head of Research and Development at Volvo Cars.
“Testing new charging technologies together with selected partners is a good way
to evaluate alternative charging options for our future cars.”

The charging starts automatically when a compatible vehicle parks over a
charging pad embedded in the street, allowing drivers to conveniently charge
without getting out of their car. The charging station sends energy through the
charging pad, which is picked up by a receiver unit in the car.

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And it’s not just in Sweden where this new EV tech is being trialled – there are
examples of it here in the UK.

Nottingham City Council’s UK-first wireless electric taxi charging trial took
place in January 2023, with the wireless charging infrastructure being used.

The trial lasted four months and almost 1,000 wireless charging events took
place with more than 20 taxi drivers.

Feedback from taxi drivers was generally positive, with many appreciating the
convenience and time-saving aspects of wireless charging. However, many drivers
said they would appreciate faster charging, with the existing system offering a
10kW charging rate.

According to the Council, introducing wireless charging into the public highway
has provided some important learning for how future projects could be
introduced.

The council and its project partners closely monitored how well the wireless
charging system worked during the trial, to give feedback and learning to
Government to help shape future regulations and inform how wireless charging
projects could be delivered.

Nottingham City Council’s Portfolio Holder for Highways, Transport and Parks,
Councillor Audra Wynter, said: “Our transport teams have now completed this
pioneering project. Now we’re working to get lots of useful insights and data
fed back to the Government to help make plans for how convenient and accessible
charging infrastructure can be rolled out to support electric vehicles use in
the future.”

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