One of the big questions that people who are thinking about switching to electric mobility have is how far they can go when traveling by road. The truth is that maintaining a high and constant speed is the fastest way to use up the battery of an electric car, so the search for greater autonomy is an issue that urgently needs to be resolved in the industry, and of which several are being tested. solutions.
One of them is the Elonroad project (clearly a tribute to Elon Musk, owner of Tesla) that is being developed in Sweden. This project consists of a recharging system that is on the asphaltbut unlike the systems of wireless charging that are being tested in some parts of the world, here the solution is inspired by the Scalextric.
What does the Scalextric have to do with charging electric cars?
The Elonroad project consists of the creation of electrified sections on the roads through which electric vehicles circulate. In several sections of the Swedish cities of Lund and Maristad, have been placed metal strips one meter long on alternate sections of the road. These strips are electrified and only generate electricity when a car is connected to them and they feed independently, so There is only electricity under the car, just like with Scalextric cars.
To connect to such electricity, electric cars must have a folding rail system installed. and that they are the ones that connect the vehicle with the electrified strips. According to the Swedish engineers in charge of the project, In the tests carried out, recharges of up to 300 kW have been obtainedwhich demonstrates the effectiveness of the system.
It’s free? Of course notthe Elonroad project includes a payment system based on cloud servers that identifies the vehicle, records the energy it recharges and charges automatically.
The consortium in charge of this project is called EVolutionRoad, and it is made up of nine players from the business sector, universities and the public sector, such as Innovation Skåne AB (project manager), Elonroad AB, Kraftringen Energi AB, Municipality of Lund / Future by lund, Lund University of Technology, LTH, Ramboll AB, Skånetrafiken AB , Solaris Sverige AB, National Research Institute for Roads and Transport, VTI.
