SiemenseHighway for electric trucks in Germany
Siemens was commissioned by the state of Hesse to build an overhead line system for an electrified road freight transport system on a 10 km route. The overhead line will supply the electric drive of a hybrid truck with electricity.
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As part of the Enuba research project (electromobility for heavy commercial vehicles to reduce the environmental impact of conurbations), Siemens has developed a concept for the electric, overhead wire operation of heavy commercial vehicles and tested its technical feasibility on a specially constructed test track north of Berlin.