Sweden builds green electrified road

nivek

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Sweden builds green electrified road that powers any vehicle through electric rails along the middle
  • Road runs 2km from Stockholm Airport to a logistics centre as proof of concept
  • An arm from the bottom of the car conducts electricity like a train or tram
  • Company hopes to electrify Sweden's 20,000km of highway
  • The country wants to slash its transport fossil fuel emissions but 70 per cent
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Sweden has built the first stretch of electrified road that allows cars to charge themselves as they drive along it. The 2km road runs between Stockholm Airport and a logistics site hopes to be the start of electrifying the country's 20,000km of highways.

The technology aimed to solve the biggest problem with electric cars - how to keep them charged over long distances.

Energy is transferred from two rail tracks embedded in the road to the car through an arm attached to the bottom of the vehicle, similar to an electric tram or train. The arm is automatically disconnected when the car changes lanes and then reconnects to a different electrified line.
 
3FEL9

3FEL9

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OMG they're not using induction or RF to transfer power up to the vehicles..

Thats not gonna work very well outside the confinement of the test area.. I say :Thumbsdown:
 
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3FEL9 said:
OMG they're not using induction or RF to transfer power up to the vehicles..

Thats not gonna work very well outside the confinement of the test area.. I say :Thumbsdown:
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In order to have a hard link then the height platform the tires sits on needs to be controlled firmly too...roadrunner2.gif roadrunner8.gif
 
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3FEL9 said:
This gotta be a leftist liberal greenunist fantasy project,, I dontlike
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or a successful failure like Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd...bf-ittleboat-floating.gif
 
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3FEL9 said:
Funny you should mention. when I was working off-shore in Greenland drilling for fossil fuel, we were worried Greenpeace would attack us
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They don't seem to be too popular with the indigenous peoples in Greenland, ( or a few other places too)...

Greenland indigenous complaints

In 2010, when Cairn Energy found initial traces of natural gas in one of its test wells that indicate the possibility of much larger hydrocarbon deposits, Greenpeace sent its ship, the Esperanza, into a stand-off with the Danish navy near Cairn's oil platforms.

Many members of the community were angry with Greenpeace telling youngsters not to eat whale or seal, which the Inuit have eaten for centuries.

As a result, Cairn Energy has gotten a warmer welcome than many environmentalists have hoped for. One person said this was "because it is for the greater good." A reference to the potential revenue energy exploration could bring to offset the $500 million annual grant from Denmark which could transform the economy and lead to Greenland independence.

However, Aqqaluk Lynge, from the Inuit Circumpolar Council, said an influx of foreign companies and workers could mean the natives "risk being a minority in our own country." He added that "One thing is for sure, yes Greenland has a chance to be rich, it's something that is essential for the people of Greenland to discuss and then decide if we want forced industrialization."

Greenpeace also stopped the trade of sealskin, something Greenlanders have never forgotten.
 
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