First Siemens Electric Highway in the USA

For the first time ever, electric trucks will be powered by overhead contact lines, will be released in the USA, with the aim of reducing greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The Regional Authority Air Quality in the South Coast of the USA (SCAQMD), Siemens gave the "green light" to install an electric highway system for testing purposes, near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which is the US larger. 

The electric highway will electrifies the Siemens selected lanes through a system of overhead contact line. In this way, the truck will be powered by electricity like trams. In collaboration with the VolvoGroup and its subsidiary Mack, the Siemens is developing a demonstration vehicle for the purposes of the project. Also, Siemens works with company management from California trucks, vehicles which will be part of the test. 

The infrastructure for tisenaeries contact lines will be installed in both directions, in Carson, near Los Angeles. The project is expected to begin in July 2015 and will last for one year. During the trial phase, up to four trucks will run daily the route in both directions. The electric trucks ("e-trucks") will be equipped with a hybrid system with intelligent collectors dc. As will be powered by electricity from overhead contact lines, the trucks will not produce any greenhouse gas emissions, when moving to the area. On roads with no overhead contact lines, vehicles will use an electrical system, which can be powered by diesel, compressed natural gas, battery or other power source. The collector dc allows vehicles to make overtaking, stop and restart, reaching speeds up to 90 kilometers per hour. 

The implementation of electric highways are particularly efficient in environmental and economic terms for relatively short distances, which are often used by trucks, such as routes between ports, industrial facilities, transportation centers and transhipment hubs. The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach aimed at adopting a zero emissions solution for a portion of Highway I-710 ("ZeroEmissionI-710 Project"). On the highway, it carried about 35,000 trucks from nearby trails on a daily routine. Authorities now looking to develop a "zero emissions corridor" for the routes between the two ports and transhipment centers located inland, about 30 km. This way, you will reduce the environmental pressure in an area affected by smog. The aim is the complete elimination of local pollutants, reduce the use of fossil fuels, reduce operating costs and to provide a platform for the commercialization of the system in the future.