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Charging System for Tracked Electric Vehicles

This project investigates various dynamic conductive road charging technologies for tracked electric vehicles.

Project leader

Prof Volker Pickert

Dates

February 2018 to December 2021

Project staff

Saleh Abdusalam Ali Ali

Sponsors

Philadelphia Scientific Ltd

Description

The rise of electric vehicles requires a large number of electric charging points. It is likely that so many points can never be achieved due to cost and the complexity of the electric infrastructure.

Dynamic road charging is an alternative where the car picks up power when driving. In the past, the focus was on wireless charging technologies where coils are embedded in the road and attached to the electric vehicle. But this technology will be too expensive.

Recent research has focused on conductive charging, a known railway technology. This project investigates various dynamic conductive road charging technologies. We are tailoring the technologies for the Tracked Electric Vehicles (TEV) project. In the TEV project, electric cars drive at 200km/h in a platoon within a tailored lane structure. TEV is a safe and green transport structure. It has enormous vehicle capacities addressing today’s traffic congestions. Find out more at the TEV Project website.