Electric Road Systems:
Business and governance perspectives
Stefan Tongur, PhD
Senior Researcher – Research Institutes of Sweden
Business Development Manager – ElectReon AB Trafikdage, 27 Aug Aalborg
Petrol station
Road Truck: Diesel engine
powertrain
Power grid and stations
Power transfer technology
Road Truck: ERS power-train Truck: ERS powertrain
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Electric road system, ERS
Tongur & Engwall, 2014
A transition to ERS challenges established
System interfaces
Actors
Funding and business models
Evolution of ERS
Conductive rail, 1881 Overhead lines 1882
Inductive power transfer 1891
1942-1959
The need for new business models?
Source: Psysics World
ERSO (ERS Operator) –
the actor that connects
ERS users with suppliers
Research questions
1. How could ERSOs role be analysed in a small-scale ERS deployment?
2. How could ERSOs role be analysed in a large-scale ERS deployment?
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ERSOs role in small-scale ERS deployment
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Who is ERSO?
• Suppliers of power transfer technology
• Vehicle OEMs offering vehicle as a service (VaaS)
• Energy suppliers that offer subscriptions to users and possibly also energy receivers
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ERSOs relationship with suppliers?
• Strong relationship with one ER provider and one/two energy providers
• Payment for ERS usage
• Simplified access control and metering
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ERSOs relationship with users?
• Important developing relationships with local goods owners
• Collaboration between haulage companies and goods owners
• Ensuring availability of electric supply and attractive services
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ERSOs role in large-scale ERS deployment
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Who is ERSO?
• ERSOs from different sectors
• Competition on a mature and standardized ERS market
• Differentiation through unique business models
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ERSOs relationship with suppliers?
• Relationship with multiple ERS suppliers and owners over different regions
• Standardized contracts and metering systems to allow for roaming
• Facilitating interoperability between different ERS alternatives
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ERSOs relationship with users?
• ERSOs compete on a market to attract users, mainly forwarding market
• Focused on multimodal transportation
• Integration with other disruptive technologies such as
autonomous transportation
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Implications for Denmark
• ERS an important element of a wider system-of-systems when planning for transport electrification
• Join ongoing collaboration on ERS between Germany – Sweden
• Create conditions for investments in ERS infrastructure and vehicles
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RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
Viktoria
Electromobility
Thank you!
Stefan Tongur, PhD
Senior Researcher, RISE +46 (0) 704 182 065
Före Efter
Antalet mottagare kan anpassas till fordonets energiförbrukning.
Infrastrukturen kan därmed utnyttjas maximalt!
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Stefan Tongur, PhD Business Development
Manager
stefan@electreon.com
+46 (0) 704 182 065
• The world’s first wireless electric road system for cars, buses, and trucks on public roads
• The longest wireless ERS in the world
• The world’s first wireless electric road system demonstrated at highway speed
• The first battery electric articulated truck Sweden (dragbil)
• The first super-cap bus in Sweden
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