Why this highway will be flooded from 2025

Strange guys, these Swedes, because they will electrify an entire autobahn from 2025. Why do they do that? For charging electric cars.

The biggest disadvantage of electric cars is charging, which often takes hours. Of course, you can look for a fast charger and be back to eighty percent charge in less than half an hour, but that’s very expensive.

McLaren Speedtail can already charge inductively

Inductive charging is also possible. For example, the McLaren Speedtail comes with a cargo bed. You can slide it under the car to charge the hybrid system battery wirelessly.

Turn the highway into a charger

The idea of ​​converting the road network into a large inductive charger is interesting. And that’s exactly what they will do in Sweden. From 2025, the E20 motorway between the cities of Gothenburg, Malmö and Stockholm will be “electrified”.

First stretch of 21 kilometers

It’s not like the entire route is electrified. Sweden wants to start with a 21-kilometer route between Hallsberg and Örebro. Incidentally, we keep talking about inductive charging, but that’s not certain yet.

Inductive or conductive charging system

Which system will be used has yet to be determined. Induction works like wireless charging your phone. But a conductive system is also being considered, in which cables in the roadway conduct their current to coils in the car.

Electric cars can become cheaper

The Swedish Transport Agency believes that electric vehicles could become more affordable if 25 percent of highways were electrified. Electric cars need to have a shorter range, which means the battery can get smaller.

At some point on 3000 kilometers of highway

After all, Sweden wants to have 3,000 kilometers of electrified highways by 2045. Provided that the experiences with the first 21 kilometers are positive. Both an induction and a conductive system have no negative effects on petrol-powered cars.