Now being built Sweden’s first elväg – New Technology

     Siemens and Scania is working to develop systems for elvägar. The picture is taken at the test facility in Germany. Photo: Dietmar Gust
     

The country’s first elväg with overhead lines has begun to be built outside of Sandviken. It will go into service in May.

One lane is muted on the road E16 eastbound between Kungsgården and Sandviken. Construction progress. It is Sweden’s – perhaps the world’s first – elväg on public roads that are being built.

According to the plan, two kilometers down the road equipped with air lines for the first time to test elvägar for heavy trucks.

Right now is the foundation for catenary poles in place and a facility for monitoring. Then rails are fitted together with contact line and overhead contact lines.

The entire test facility will be ready for use in May in 2016.

It is with the help of the pantographs on the trucks ceilings vehicles automatically switched to electric drive. When trucks leave air lines, they run on battery power about one kilometer until the diesel engine starts.

Region Gavleborg, Scania and Siemens, which together will evaluate this elvägen for heavy trucks. The Swedish Transport Administration’s road manager for E16, and monitors the test facility is constructed.

Siemens has previously evaluated the technology on a test facility in Germany. But in May, it should therefore be time to show that it can be used in the traffic environment.

Demonstration stretch in California has been delayed and thus the stretch of the E16 chance to become the first elvägen in the world on public roads.

The test stretch of the E16 is part of a national elvägsprojekt, where the Swedish Transport Administration, VINNOVA and the Swedish Energy Agency procures knowledge for elvägar for heavy vehicles.

The new technology has previously reported on elvägsprojektet outside Gävle.