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ELECTRIFIED TRUCKS * Germany: Siemens'
* Brandeburg - Trucks that change lanes with the blink of an eye
(Video by Siemens, in Uckermark,Brandenburg,Germany -Jul 31, 2012: -- A short highway lane with a catenary overhead wire. And, two hybrid trucks with intelligent pantograph-power pick ups. These are the ingredients for eHighway -- a concept that brings railroad advantages to the highway. On a test track in Germany´s Uckermark, Siemens shows how trucks can drive cleaner, quieter and yet still fully flexible in the future. The technology is particularly well-suited for harbor inland connections, for connecting mines to further loading stations, and for selected long distance highways with plenty of shuttle traffic. California is already interested) Berlin,Germany -CNN, By Fred Pleitgen and Milena Veselinovic -October 31, 2014: -- Stretching across the heart of Europe, Germany's spider-web of highways ferries tons of goods on their journey across the continent and beyond... The country is a strategic transport gateway between east and west, with four million trucks racing down its roads day and night, helping to keep its industrial economy ticking... Siemens' Dr. Michael Lehmann say: "Whenever you have trucks driving the same route shuttling goods back and forth all day, that is where we want to use this technology" ... But with road transport accounting for about one-fifth of the EU's total emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, there is a pressing need to find cleaner ways of hauling cargo... Enter eHighway -- a bold new idea to adapt existing technology behind tram lines to electrify trucks on the highway... The project is currently taking shape in the workshops of German electrical giant Siemens, and scientists hope it will eventually enable trucks to drive almost emission free...
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