Sweden’s First Electrified Road
A decade ago, people believed that electric cars, trucks, and buses were inferior to fuel-powered vehicles regardingtheir driving range and performance. However, battery technology has evolved since then.
The world’s very first innovative electrified road that recharges the battery of your trucks and cars driving on top of it opened in Sweden. Their vast 1.2-mile route between a logistic site and Stockholm Arlanda airport now actively charges cars and lorries.
This electrified road is distributed in 50m segments, and each unit receives power once a vehicle starts moving on top of it. Here we take a closer look at Sweden’s first electrified road and its mechanism: