Wednesday 8 May 2019

First stretch of electrified highway for trucking opens on Germany's Autobahn

Siemens' first shared its idea for the eHighway back in 2012

After first being commissioned by the German state of Hesse in August 2017 to build a stretch of electrified highway along the Autobahn, Siemens has now added the finishing touches to the system and fired it up for the first time. Intended as a greener solution for road freight transport, the eHighway follows similar installations in other countries and is hoped to demonstrate how cleaner trucking can bring significant savings in fuel costs and pollution.

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