Israel's ElectReon, which develops and installs wireless electric road systems that wirelessly charge commercial and passenger electric vehicles while in transit has completed the deployment of 1.65 km (one mile) of a dynamic wireless charging system on a public road in Gotland, Sweden, the largest deployment of its kind in the world.
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A fully electric long-haul truck was charged by the road while driving at various speeds of up to 60 km/h (37 mph) on a 200-meter (656-foot) electric road segment, with an average transfer rate of 70 kW from the road to the receivers and into the truck's battery.
The system reached stable operation with consistent results, and testing confirmed that snow and ice do not affect the wireless charging capabilities.
The wireless charging of the electric truck on a public road is a significant milestone in the commercialization of the wireless electric road technology developed by ElectReon. In Tel Aviv, the Company completed the deployment of 700 meters (2,300 feet) of dynamic charging segments on a road in Ramat Aviv and a wireless charging station at the Tel Aviv University train station bus terminal.
