The conductive path was not dead – Dagbladet.no

Your page Recently we wrote about this, there was no denying that some thought we had fallen for the temptation and mentioned what had been intended as a joke.

But, no – the energized way to cure range anxiety by making sure that the cars are recharged while driving, a project that is alive and well. It is clear that the Swedes have faith in this.

All makes

It mainly restricts distribution and use of electric vehicles still today, is the most often limited range. And it’s probably not solution with entrained emergency that is the answer to the challenge.

The Swedish solution can, at least in theory and in the long term, seem more sustainable . The Swedes have not embraced the electric vehicle trend – mainly because electric cars in Sweden – as in most countries – currently are disproportionately more expensive than other cars. But Sweden also think ahead. And among our neighbors conceivably it concretely on future carbon-neutral transport.

Carbon Neutral future

The Swedish authorities have in fact allocated relatively substantial sums to the development of electrification solution. It is part of a plan to make the transport sector in Sweden independent of fossil fuels up to 2030.

There is a lot of research and development behind this and recently could the Swedish business newspaper Dagens Industri report that the man behind Elways- elveien, Gunnar Asplund, has been nominated for the European Patent Office (EPO) inventor price, European Inventor Award , which is awarded on June 11.

A wooden solutions

In simplicity is the method of Asplund and Elway of transmitting electricity with very little energy, and over long distances. Elveien have in this case an energized rail embedded in the pavement.

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It has recently made conclusive experiments showing that it is possible to publish one kilometer energized shine an hour. Vehicles, both light and heavy, will be able to recharge via an arm that can be raised and lowered as needed – during lane changes or parking, the battery operation take over.

However, this is only one of several solutions being studied. Common to these is that they are seen as a complement to battery operation and an opportunity to reduce dependence on large battery packs that provide long range.

catenary

Electrification of roads can also be made via catenary over roadway , a very old principle which has been, and still is, used by trolleybuses many places in the world – that of Bergen. It restricts, however, largely the size of vehicles that can use the network.

Induction

It can also be via induction charging, where power cables in the road makes charging via the electromagnetic field between the road and a recipient under vehicle . Such technology is already used in South Korea – today there are buses in the city of Gumi that predispose a road of 24 kilometers of induction charging – and the plan is that there will be 34 in late 2015.

In March this year announced researchers at Kungliga Institute of Technology (KTH) in Sweden that they have developed a technique where asphalt with built Induction Charger can be on the road, and that this could become reality within five to six years from now.

meshed networks sufficient

Swedish Energy Agency thinks it will be sufficient to electrify the major highways (about 2-4 percent of the total road network), while the shorter journeys between these routes will be conducted on battery power.

Well started

It was in 2014 that took off for Elway in Sweden, where the project had been carried forward since 2011 as a partnership between Elway and construction firm NCC. This support from the Swedish Energy Agency (Energy Authority).

There are now running well enough that by 2016 will be tested a full scale solution on public roads, including in Borlänge. During the two years it was established that the conductive path also works under difficult weather and road conditions, with both gravel, water and mud, ice and snow on the road.

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