{"id":22715,"date":"2023-09-15T05:10:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latamobility.com\/?p=22715"},"modified":"2023-09-14T11:05:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T16:05:33","slug":"electreon-tests-wireless-electric-vehicle-charging-roads-in-the-u-s-and-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latamobility.com\/en\/electreon-tests-wireless-electric-vehicle-charging-roads-in-the-u-s-and-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Electreon Tests Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging Roads in the U.S. and Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the main challenges for electric vehicles is the lack of charging infrastructure currently available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More charging stations are being built, but many companies are also looking at electrified roads, which would allow vehicles to charge wirelessly while driving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israel-based Electreon is one of those testing wireless roads<\/strong>, according to a recent C<\/a>NBC<\/a> <\/strong>report, which indicates that it currently has pilot projects in Sweden, Norway, Italy and other European countries, and plans to build an electrified highway in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s a system that can charge vehicles of any type, whether they are buses, vans, passenger cars or trucks, but it can also charge a vehicle in motion or stationary,” explained Stefan Tongur<\/strong>, VP of Business Development for Electreon <\/strong>in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Selected Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An Electreon <\/strong>project in Sweden will connect the city of Visby, on the island of Gotland, to a regional airport via a wireless electric charging road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Swedish government helped fund most of this $10.5 million project, which Electreon calls a “Pre-Commercial Demonstration Project”<\/strong> of the electrified road concept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the United States, the first electric highway will land near Detroit<\/strong>, where the Michigan Department of Transportation<\/strong> (MDOT) has partnered with Electreon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Announced last year by Michigan Governor Gretchen Witmer<\/strong>, the program was initially expected to establish a wireless charging highway for electric vehicles this summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to CNBC<\/strong>, the road is now expected to be built within the next year in a partnership between Electreon, NextEnergy, Jacobs Engineering Group and MDOT<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Federal Bill<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Rep. Haley Stevens introduced the Electric Vehicle Wireless Charging Wireless Charging Grant Program Act of 2023 in July<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This bill aims to expand electric vehicle wireless charging programs at the federal level, and would establish a dedicated grant program within the U.S. Department of Transportation<\/strong> (DOT).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The grant program includes $250 million for initiatives such as electric vehicle wireless charging highways, parking lots, bus routes, airports, and coastal and inland ports<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The electric vehicle wireless charging bill is an extension of MDOT’s 2021-2022 pilot program, which facilitated the first public wireless charging roadway in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pilot project utilized Electreon’s proprietary wireless charging technology and was a joint effort involving along with MDOT, Ford Motor Co, DTE Energy Co, OFME, Next Energy, Jacobs, Central Michigan and Detroit<\/strong>, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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