VOLVO PLANS ELECTRIC ROADS

Volvo to commence wireless bus charging trials in Sweden

20 May 2014 (Automotive Business Review)

"Volvo Group in association with the Swedish Transport Administration will start conducting trials to study the potential for building electric roads…[to] enable the city buses to be charged from electricity in the road when the bus is in operation, resulting in eco-friendly and more climate-smart public transport…[Volvo] will build a 300m to 500m electric road for test operations in central Gothenburg during 2015…[V]ehicles capable of being charged directly from the road during operation could become the next step in the development towards reduced environmental impact…Under the project, Volvo Group will also develop a detailed proposal…[for] construction of a road section equipped with wireless charge technology and also developing vehicles that can automatically charge their batteries using…[to charge vehicle batteries wirelessly]…” click here for more

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