– A potentially great advantage with the technology is that you can do two things at the same time. We can charge the bus and we can use the bus for what we would prefer to use it for – to carry people. This is stated by senior advisor in technology and business developer in the bus company AtB, Pål Prene Revheim. An 80 meter long stretch of electric road is already ready at Sandmoen in Trondheim. So does two buses that can charge while driving on the road. On May 19, the two buses will be used in regular scheduled traffic. It will be the first time such technology has been used in Norway. It is all part of a pilot project that will last until the end of 2026. – We are very excited. What we are going to test now is whether this works well enough is stable enough and easy enough to use, so we can use it in regular operation, says Revheim. He adds that the buses have already been tested on winter driving, with good results. – This was what we were perhaps most excited about. Project Manager in AtB, Pål Prene Revheim. Photo: Rebekah Skeie / news can become more electric streets – it’s a trial project, so we don’t know if it will be a success. But someone has to try something if we are to get development. So far it looks positive. This is stated by county deputy mayor of Trøndelag, Pål Sæther Eiden. On Wednesday, news was with Eiden and the bus company to test one of the two buses to charge while driving. – We will have a new bus bid from 2029. Then this is the time to try out what solutions and criteria we will set for the bus offer that needs to be highlighted, perhaps in 2027, says Eiden. Pål Sæther Eide is county deputy mayor in Trøndelag. On Wednesday he cut the cable for Norway’s first bus to charge while driving. Photo: Rebecca Skeie / news For the time being, only the 80 meter long road on Sandmoen is electric, but if the pilot project becomes a success, more electric roads may be relevant. – I think you should start with the streets where a lot of bus is run, and where the buses often stop or drive slowly, says Eiden. He highlights Olav Tryggvasons gate in the center of Trondheim as an example of such a street. – But I hope the project will give better answers to this than I can give on standing foot. This is really just a small part of a long run to find out if there is something we should move on with. Pål Sæther Eiden says it may be relevant with more electric roads in Trondheim if the project is a success. Photo: Rebekah Skeie / news – A technology that costs, according to project manager Revheim, is the total budget for the project in excess of NOK 30 million. – Is there a lot of big costs here? – This is a technology that costs. We believe there are two key factors that need to succeed in this technology. One is to provide more users. The second is that we get to plan this together with road upgrades that are nevertheless planned. Revheim says that it is not the infrastructure that is laid in the ground that is the most expensive, but that it is the facilities and road projects that take on the most costs. We explain how technology works. The project manager also allows the electrical road to be used to charge other vehicles. – It can in theory be used by any vehicle that has the right type of receiver plate, says Revheim. Among other things, they are in dialogue with a taxi company. – This can also be interesting for other players who want to have their vehicles as much as possible on the road and stand as much as possible and charge. Published 30.04.2025, at. 18.06
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