Until now trying to reduce emissions of pollutants and carbon dioxide by applying new , polluting technologies in private
Progress in trucks are much lower , as the diesel engine is one-way for heavy vehicles usually traveled long distances. Siemens has presented at the Symposium for Electric Vehicles in Los Angeles an alternative proposal for the electrification of trucks, which features several realistic data and is based on the recipe of our knowledge trolley .
Trucks equipped with hybrid technology , ie with a diesel engine and an electric motor , but the required electrical energy does not come from their batteries , but by aerial cableway - high voltage conductors hanging over the right lane of the road , like the lines trolleybus and tram .
The Siemens calls this system eHighway and try it this time in a part of aoutompan near Berlin using trucks with similar structure on their roofs . In places where there are overhead conductors, the motor operates only of heavy vehicles , and just leave the electrified section down the antennas are integrated into the slot and comes on automatically the diesel engine of the truck.
But the diesel engine serves as a generator and produces electricity for the electric motor , following the recipe Opel Ampera and Chevrolet Volt. The tests conducted so far successfully develop and trucks to 90 km . / Hour speed , regardless of the weather conditions and the weight of their cargo.
The system eHighway not only intended for transport on highways , but also for small distances up to 50 km , for example from one port to the distribution center near a city. It is nevertheless a first step, they have to determine beforehand the cost of building an infrastructure similar to roads.
