Sweden to pave world’s first permanent e-road for EV charging while driving

[ad_1] As countries across Europe scale up efforts towards fossil fuel-free mobility, Sweden is working on the world’s first permanent electric road — allowing electric cars and trucks to charge while driving. The project is led by the Swedish Transport Administration, Trafikverket, which has selected the E20 highway. Specifically, it will build the electric road system (ERS) on the 21km route from Hallsberg to Örebro, located between the country’s two largest cities, Stockholm and Gothenburg.…

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What we learned driving VW’s new electric ID Buzz

[ad_1] Enlarge / Volkswagen won’t reveal the US-spec ID Buzz for another year, but it invited us to drive the European version, which it has just launched. Jonathan Gitlin COPENHAGEN, DENMARK—Few vehicles in the time we’ve been covering the industry have attracted—or sustained—quite the level of interest as Volkswagen’s ID Buzz. Part realization of two decades’ worth of concept cars and teases, part apology for dieselgate, it’s an electric minivan with retro-cool styling, built on…

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