While most of the world relies on trucks for payload transport , the lumbering , flatulence - guzzling vehicles are n’t precisely environmentally well-disposed . That ’s why Sweden is launching a programme to help trucks go light-green , as part of a larger first step to extinguish their fossil fuel dependence by 2030.Forbesreports that Sweden is developing an electric highway — or eHighway — that lets specially - made hybrid trucks run on electricity .
The eHighway is presently being tested on an about 1 - sea mile stretch of highway in Sweden . It allows intercrossed hand truck to tie to an overhead electricity system called a catenary , which is similar to the electric wire system used by many trolleys and trains in the United States . Unlike streetcar , however , trucker can connect and unplug their vehicle from the catenary at will , admit them to alter lane , adjust focal ratio , and drive on main road that are n’t equipped with the catenary yet .
The eHighway organisation was developed by the Swedish company Scania and Germany caller Siemens . So far , they have build two Rudolf Diesel hybrid trucks to test out the eHighway during a two - year trial period . They have also foretell plans to try out the eHighway in the United States , and late began put in a two - mi trial eHighway near Los Angeles .
accord to Anders Berndtsson of the Swedish Transport Administration , the eHighway will allow Sweden to cut down on fossil fuel without drastically changing its base .
“ By far the not bad part of the goods transported in Sweden goes on the route , but only a limited part of the good can be move to other dealings types , ” Berndtsson toldForbes . “ That is why we must free the trucks from their dependence on fossil fuels , so that they can be of use also in the future . galvanic roads offer this possible action and are an fantabulous full complement to the transport system . ”
In the video below , Siemens outlines how the eHighway system unites unexampled and existing technologies to create a novel scheme for cut down on pollution , explaining , “ The eHighway organisation combine the advantage of electrified railway line with the flexibility of truck transport . ”
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