Solaris Sverige is to participate in the €9m ($9.8m), three-year EVolution Road project in Sweden to develop an electric highway with a rail capable of charging the buses moving along it. Solaris will develop the technology required to link the onboard charging systems and the conductive pick-up fitted under one of its adapted buses. The bus has been designed by Swedish firm Solaris, which also developed the first hybrid bus, the Volvo B7RLE, for use on public transport routes across Sweden. Initiated by the Swedish company Elonroad AB together with the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Lund, this research and development project is a cooperation between members from the industry, academia and public sector. The project participants intend EVolution Road to be able to charge other types of EVs in the future.
Solaris Sverige is to participate in the €9m ($9.8m), three-year EVolution Road project in Sweden to develop an electric highway with a rail capable of charging the buses moving along it. Solaris will develop the technology required to link the onboard charging systems and the conductive pick-up fitted under one of its adapted buses. The bus has been designed by Swedish firm Solaris, which also developed the first hybrid bus, the Volvo B7RLE, for use on public transport routes across Sweden. The project participants intend EVolution Road to be able to charge other types of EVs in the future.