The Israeli company Electrion, which is developing a smart electric road, last week marked another milestone on its way to commercial activity with the success of an electric road in Italy in the “arena of the future”.
The event was attended by senior officials of the Italian government and the country’s infrastructure and transportation industry, including Regional Development Minister Marissa Stella Ginnini, Minister of Technological Innovation Vittorio Collao, Minister of Transition to a Clean Environment Roberto Qinguani. Infrastructure Minister Enrico Giovanni took care in his absence to greet the venture on video.
At the launch event, a private Fiat 500 vehicle was charged from the system while traveling with an average power of about 14 kilowatts and an average efficiency of about 85%. The vehicle traveled at a speed of 84 km / h possible at the moment in the arena, it consumes less energy in its travel than the charging rate, so it started the demonstration day with 22% charging and finished at noon with 48%.
In addition, the charging power of the IVECO electric bus was increased from an average power in previous experiments of 60 kilowatts to an average power of 75 kilowatts. The charging of the electric bus was tested while traveling at a speed of up to 60 km / h.
Electrion CEO Oren Ezer said: “We have seen how a dream becomes a reality and how reality takes shape before our eyes. We demonstrated an electric vehicle traveling on the road, and instead of the battery draining, it is charged. “From day to day we see how Italy, along with Sweden, Germany and France, are adopting the electric road as a major solution in electrifying the roads in Europe.”