< Smartroad Gotland Project >

The world's first public wireless electric road for trucks and buses

Construction Start Date	November 2019
Operation Start Date	Early 2021
Project Status	Ongoing
Application	Inter-city long-haulage and a city bus
Vehicle Type	E-bus with a supercapacitor battery and a heavy-duty e-truck with a lithium-Ion battery
Roadway Length	1.65 km (1-mile) of public road

 

 

 

 

Possibilities for large-scale Electric Road development

Based in the town of Visby on Gotland Island, the project aims to build knowledge and create possibilities for a large-scale development of Electric Roads throughout the country.

 

 

The Smartroad Gotland project is one of four Electric Road demonstration projects currently funded by the Swedish Transport Administration in an effort to reach a national target of installing 2,000 km of electrified roads in Sweden by 2030 and achieving net zero emissions by 2045.

 

  

This project demonstrates how an electric bus and an electric truck can charge from a road while driving in a real-world environment and how wireless charging is a viable option to provide cities with a convenient, cost-efficient, and sustainable way to shift towards an electric future.

 

 

 

 

Smartroad Gotland Project results

After implementing the first stretch of the wireless infrastructure in November 2019, the original deployment of this electrified road in Sweden was completed in December 2020.

Since then, a fully electric, 40-ton truck and trailer have successfully conducted tests on 1.65 km (1 mile) of road between the airport and city center of Visby, reaching speeds of up to 80 km/h while receiving an average power of 70 kW from the electrified roadway. 


Additionally, a bus line transporting passengers from the airport to the city center is in operation.

The project is a critical milestone for large-scale, fully commercial pilots in other parts of Sweden, which are estimated at about $3 billion as the global market of long-haul trucks continues to rapidly grow.