Elonroad said its strategy of focusing on the electrification of roads in seaports and not urban areas has added around US$2.3 million to its cash balance.
According to the news site Impact Loop, Elonroad, based in Lund, Sweden, has developed a charging rail that can charge electric vehicles both while driving and when they are stationary. The company’s solution is available in a version that is laid completely on top of the asphalt and one that is submerged and builds less than 10mm above the road surface. The vehicle is charged automatically via a pick-up that folds down under the vehicle to a rail on the ground.
The system – a 360m-long electric rail as well as five stationary charging stations – has been tested for automatic charging in the Norwegian port of Oslo port and the container port of Long Beach, in the US states of California. Elonroad says the system transfers energy at a 97% efficiency rate from the rail to a vehicle.
