Prospects for Electric Road Systems (Ers) on the Dutch Freight Corridors
Lóránt Tavasszy (TU Delft - Transport, Mobility and Logistics, TU Delft - Transport and Logistics)
Mahnam Saeednia (TU Delft - Transport, Mobility and Logistics)
Janske Otten (Student TU Delft)
Ximeng Liao (TU Delft - Transport, Mobility and Logistics)
Kevin Duijn (Student TU Delft)
Mo Wang (Student TU Delft)
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Abstract
Electric Road Systems offer dynamic charging infrastructure for electric trucks, by means of overhead lines or rails that conduct electricity, or through induction loops in the pavement. Charging trucks while they are moving has important advantages over stationary charging, as batteries can be smaller and drivers and cargo do not have to wait while recharging. There are significant knowledge gaps about optimal network sizes, impacts on different stakeholders and cost/benefits of these technologies. This paper summarizes 4 MSc thesis projects on these topics by students of TU Delft. Their findings support the growing insight that ERS could make the electric truck landscape more efficient than if based on stationary chargers alone.