Research and Innovation plattform for electric roads

Purpose and goal

How do we take the step from testing electric road technology to large-scale deployment? What does the business ecosystem look like and how can interfaces be standardized? What are the benefits to society? Actors from research organizations, industry, and public authorities have collaborated to investigate these questions and to study electricity supply, environmental impact; construction, operations and maintenance, economic impact, business models, and standards. The goal of the project has been to strengthen research and innovation with regards to electric roads.

Expected results and effects

Researchers, businesses, and public sector actors have collaborated and developed a joint knowledge base. The collaboration has provided clarity about the socio-economic factors, environmental benefits, and other effects related to electrical roads. The project has explored the benefits from the perspectives of different actors, and has examined implementation strategies, operation and maintenance standards, proposed regulatory systems, the factors affecting the acceptance of electric roads, and the development of international collaboration.

Planned approach and implementation

The project began in 2016 and knowledge building continued until 2019 with identification of research questions and collection of results and analyses. In parallel, project researchers collaborated with German research organizations in a joint study called CollERS (Swedish German Research Collaboration on ERS). Knowledge and findings have been continually shared during the project through information meetings, seminars, and annual international conferences. During 2020 and 2021, the project’s focus has primarily been on disseminating results.

External links

Projektsida hos RISE. Internationell samlingsplats för elvägsrelaterad information och dokumentation.