Electreon
ElectReon Wireless LTD or Electreon, formerly Electric Road LTD, is a publicly-traded Israeli company that is developing an induction-charging electric road system for electric vehicles while driving, called dynamic charging, and while parking, called static charging.
A study conducted by the French Ministry of Ecology found that out of all the commercially available alternatives, the system provided by Electreon is the least powerful, the most expensive, the least technologically mature, and the most intrusive to install.[1][2]
Cost
| year | project | cost estimate | reference | approx. cost per mile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | unspecified | 2-2.5 million USD per km road | [3] | 3.2-4 million USD per mile road |
| 2021 | DynaCoV | 5 million GBP per km coil strip | [4] | 9.6 million USD (2024) per mile coil strip |
| 2023 | A10 | 4-5 million Euro per km road | [5] | 9 million USD per mile road |
| 2024 | unspecified | 8.6 million USD per km coil strip | [6] | 13.8 million USD per mile coil strip |
Oren Ezer, the CEO of Electreon, estimated that the Electreon infrastructure will cost 200 to 250 million USD per 100 kilometers (3.2 to 4 million USD per mile).[7] Ezer estimated in 2024 that Electreon clients' cost for 30 km of road at 70% coil strip coverage, totaling 21 km of coils, is 180 million dollars,[6] which comes out to about 13.8 million USD per mile coil strip.
A study by the French government found that the Electreon electric road system is the most expensive to install of the studied systems.[1] A price breakdown provided by Electreon in 2021 to the DynaCoV project adds the cost of 200 meters of infrastructure to 1 million GBP, or 5 million GBP per kilometer infrastructure.[8]
The interim report for the pilot project in Sweden by Trafikverket found that the Electreon pickup delivers up to 25 kilowatts of power per pickup, with pending future development up to 40 kW. Each pickup is estimated to cost thousands of dollars.[9] On the other hand, the competing technology's conductive pickup is estimated to cost under 750 dollars throughout 15 years of service.[10] Installing a single inductive wireless power receiver is estimated to cost $3,000-$4,000, but Electreon hopes to get the price closer to $1,000-$1,500.[11]
Power
Electreon installed three 25kW pickups on a bus and four 25kW pickups on a truck. When the truck traveled at 20 km/h (12 miles per hour) the pickup power was reduced by about 15%.[12] Electreon tested a truck with five 20kW pickups, for a total of 100kW installed, which traveled at up to 60 km/h (up to 37 mph) and received an average of 70 kW while driving, a power reduction of 30%.[13] Electreon has been developing in 2022 a 30kW pickup.[14]
Electreon participated in an electric road study in Germany in 2023. The study found that Electreon receivers collected 64.3% of the energy emitted from the transmitters. Installation proved complex and costly, and finding suitable locations for the coils' roadside power cabinets proved difficult.[15]
Electreon has been developing in 2024 a mechanical arm for high-underside vehicles that will lower the receiver coils closer to the transmitter coils in order to overcome the loss of power and efficiency associated with greater distances between the coils.[16]
Operations
| years operational | location | purpose |
|---|---|---|
| 2016- | Tel Aviv, Israel | Study road surface effects of inductive infrastructure |
| 2020-2022 | Gotland, Sweden | Study and compare different technologies in terms of price, power, and other factors |
| 2021-2022 | Tel Aviv, Israel | Demonstrate bus charging |
| 2022-2023 | Gotland, Sweden | Develop 30kW receivers for trucks |
| 2022-2024 | Nyland, Sweden | Study weather and road surface effects of inductive infrastructure |
| 2022-2024 | Brebemi circuit, Italy | Demonstrate passenger-car charging |
| 2022-2023 | EnWB lot, Germany | Demonstrate bus-shuttle charging |
| 2022- | ASPIRE lot, Utah | Demonstrate 50 meters of inductive infrastructure |
| 2023- | Karlsruhe, Germany | Demonstrate bus charging |
| 2023-2024 | Balingen, Germany | Study bus charging (result: 64.3% coil-to-coil efficiency) |
| 2023-2024 | Northern Bavarian | Develop receiver-alignment system |
| 2023-2027 | A10, France | Compare performance with ground-level power supply |
| 2023-2025 | Detroit, Michigan | Study inductive infrastructure safety and financial sustainability, develop open industry standards |
| 2024-2025 | Trøndelag, Norway | Study electromagnetic leakage, power, and other factors |
| 2024-2025 | Rouen, France | Study bus charging |
| 2024-2026 | Port Authority, Utah | Study truck charging |
| 2024- | SITEC, Jinan, China | Demonstrate bus charging |
| 2024- | Strabag, Hessen, Germany | Improve infrastructure installation process |
| 2024- | Denso, Japan | Demonstration |
| 2024- | Coventry, England | Financial feasibility study |
| 2025-2026 | Haifa BRT, Israel | Feasibility study |
| 2028- | UCLA campus | Bus charging demonstration |
Electreon was founded in 2013 as Electric Road LTD, and merged its business activity in 2018 into an existing publicly-traded company through a reverse merger. Electreon has fully-owned subsidiaries in Sweden, Germany, the United States, and other countries. The company is focusing as a first phase on stationary and semi-dynamic charging for commercial vehicle fleets, bus terminals, logistics terminals, and taxi stands. The company plans to expand into charging electric vehicles while driving for all types of electric vehicles.[18]
Electreon has participated in public and private pilot projects that were partly or wholly funded by Electreon.
Electreon began its first public-road wireless dynamic charging pilot project in Tel-Aviv, planning to lay inductive copper coils along a 700-meter stretch of road near Tel-Aviv University, which charge a battery-electric bus shuttle between the nearby train station and the university.[19] The pilot concluded in 2022. Despite initial plans, wireless bus charging was provided only when buses were parked at the terminal, and not over 700 meters of public road.[20]
Electreon participated in a public road dynamic charging pilot project in Sweden which was scheduled to conclude in March 2022,[21] however Electreon has requested an extension for another year.[22] The project's final report, presented in 2024, concluded that its cost estimates were too low because they relied too much on the technology suppliers. Actual costs were estimated to be at least double what was previously reported, and the project was put on hold due to financial infeasibility.[23]
Electreon won a request for proposal by the Michigan Department of Transportation, with funding by Michigan for $1.9 million while Electreon funds the rest of the project for a total of $5.7 million.[24] Electreon will implement an open-industry-standard wireless charging electric road along a one-mile stretch[25][26] near Michigan Central Station. The project was inaugurated in November 2023 with only a quarter mile equipped with Electreon wireless charging.[27]
The Central Florida Expressway Authority plans a 1-mile, $10 million wireless in-road charging pilot[28] on an expressway between Orange County and Lake County.[29] The project was eventually won by ENRX (formerly Evolgy, formerly IPT) for $13.6 million.[30]
Electreon has participated in several private-installation pilot projects of its technology in Germany, Italy, and Utah.[31][32]
Electreon announced on October 2021 that it signed a pilot project that may lead to a commercial project with one of its investors, the Dan Bus Company. As part of the agreement, Electreon allotted 28.9 million ILS in stocks and options to Dan, and will install stationary wireless charging infrastructure for 14 buses at the bus terminal next to the Reading Power Station.[33] Dan will pay 2,500 ILS per month per bus that is equipped with Electreon charging technology for up to 60 months.[34] Electreon announced a similar deal, subsidized by the Israeli Ministry of Transport, with the Afikim bus company. Afikim will pay 1,500 ILS per bus per month for 30 buses serviced by the Electreon infrastructure for 12 years. As of 2023, no busses have participated in either project.[35] By 2024 the Afikim terminal had 20 wireless charging stations, which were operated by an attendant who aligns the buses with the charging coils when they park.[36] As of November 2024 no change was reported in the preparations for the Dan project.[37]
Electromagnetic radiation and interference
A study for the Swedish Defence Research Agency found that 85 kHz resonant inductive coils used for wireless power transfer, such as the ones by Electreon, cause electromagnetic interference at distances up to 300 kilometers (about 186 miles).[38] The health implications of the system are still unknown.[39] Electromagnetic radiation leakage from the infrastructure will be tested in an experiment in Norway.[40]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bernard Jacob, "Technologies ERS et leur évaluation, situation européenne" (PDF), Université Gustave Eiffel
- ↑ Patrick Pélata; et al. (July 2021), Système de route électrique. Groupe de travail n°1 (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2021
- ↑ Electreon investor prestntation, August 2 2020
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedTrafikverket2021 - ↑ L'autoroute A10 va tester la recharge des camions par induction et par rail, Challenges, 13 juillet 2023
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 חגי עמית, מנכ"ל אלקטריאון מנסה להוכיח שלמד מהכישלונות והקריסות של המתחרים, באתר TheMarker, 18 באוקטובר 2024
- ↑ מארחים את חברת ELECTREON, Meitav Dash, August 2, 2020, 39 minutes and 55 seconds into the video
- ↑ Elaine Meskhi (December 2021), DynaCoV - Final Feasibility Report on DWPT Deployment within the UK
- ↑ Analysera förutsättningar och planera för en utbyggnad av elvägar (PDF), Trafikverket, February 1, 2021, p. 23-27
- ↑ Jakob Rogstadius (December 11, 2021), "Recommendations for Charging Infrastructure in Stockholm County" (PDF), RISE Rapport, 2022:01: 41
- ↑ Grace Kay (February 4, 2022), "A 1-mile stretch of road is being built in Detroit that can charge electric cars as they drive — if owners install a special receiver", Business Insider
- ↑ Koby Yeshayahou (October 14, 2020), ElectReon successfully charges truck on Swedish road, Globes.co.il
- ↑ Mark Kane (January 25, 2021), ElectReon Completes Dynamic Wireless Charging Road For Trucks, InsideEV
- ↑ Electreon (April 3, 2022), Extending the company’s project in Sweden
- ↑ A. Wendt et al., "Wireless Electric Road Systems – Technology Readiness and Recent Developments," 2024 IEEE Wireless Power Technology Conference and Expo (WPTCE), Kyoto, Japan, 2024, pp. 177-182, doi: 10.1109/WPTCE59894.2024.10557264.
- ↑ Insider's Guide to Energy podcast, 37 - The Future of Wireless EV Charging: Insights from Electreon’s Charlie Levine, YouTube, December 23, 2024
- ↑ אלקטריאון וירלס - ויקיפדיה
- ↑ Investor presentation (PDF), Electreon, TASE, October 6, 2021, p. 9
- ↑ Electreon successfully Operates Bus Charged via Electric Road in Tel Aviv, PRNewsWire, March 18, 2021
- ↑ Willie D. Jones, 50 by 20: Wireless EV Charging Hits Key Benchmark, 18 Apr 2024
- ↑ Patrik Widegren (December 13, 2021), "Elvägen på Gotland kan rivas upp nästa år", Sveriges Television
- ↑ Anna Jutehammar (December 10, 2021), "Elvägen till flyget måste rivas upp efter projektet", Sveriges Radio
- ↑ Kenneth Natanaelsson, Planeringsunderlag elväg, Trafikverket, November 29, 2024
- ↑ Michigan Department of Transportation (February 4, 2022), Approved Selections (PDF)
- ↑ Michigan Department of Transportation (September 27, 2021), Inductive Vehicle Charging Pilot - scope of service for special services (PDF)
- ↑ Tom Fogden (February 24, 2022), “A Total Revolution of How we Perceive Mobility” – Electreon VP Asaf Maman, AutoFutures.tv
- ↑ {{citation |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250212134359/https://www.michigan.gov/mdot/travel/mobility/initiatives/wireless-charging-roadway |title=The Road to Zero Emissions: Michigan unveils first wireless charging street |date=November 29, 2023 |author=MDOT
- ↑ Central Florida Expressway Authority (May 13, 2021), Five-Year Work Plan (PDF), p. 48
- ↑ Ryan Lynch (April 7, 2022), "A new roadway", Orlando Business Journal
- ↑ Portfolio company ENRX wins $13.6 million contract to supply ground-breaking induction technology for charging of electric vehicles while driving on Florida highway
- ↑ ElectReon Brings Wireless Inductive Electric Vehicle Charging Technology to Italy’s “Arena of the Future”, BusinessWire, December 2, 2021
- ↑ USU Highlights Roadway Electrification Research Center to Utah Governor, September 22, 2021 Unknown parameter
|publsher=ignored (|publisher=suggested) (help) - ↑ דוח תקופתי לשנת 2021 ביאור 12 (PDF), TASE, March 31, 2022, p. 107
- ↑ טעינה אלחוטית ל-200 אוטובוסים חשמליים בגוש דן, TechTime.co.il, October 5, 2021
- ↑ Electreon 2022 earnings report
- ↑ Electreon, Watch the World's First Commercial Wireless Charging Terminal for Buses by Electreon, YouTube, April 21, 2024
- ↑ אלקטריאון וירלס בע"מ, דו"ח רבעון שלישי לתקופה שהסתיימה ביום 30 בספטמבר 2024. הצטיידות לפיילוט דן - פרק ב סעיף 2
- ↑ Sara Linder, Karina Fors and Kia Wiklundh (May 25, 2021). Interference Risks from Wireless Power Transfer for Electric Vehicles. Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI)
- ↑ Laurent Miguet, Mobilité électrique 2/5 : une fenêtre étroite pour brancher les autoroutes, Le Moniteur, 26 Avril 2022
- ↑ Jarle Skoglund, Starter opp landets første prosjekt med induktiv lading i veibanen, 8. mars 2023
