Costain will lead a government-funded feasibility study of an ‘electric roads’ system that will charge battery-powered trucks as they drive.
Costain will consider a 20km stretch of road near Scunthorpe for a possible trial of the electric roads system, which supplies battery-powered trucks with electricity from overhead catenaries via a pantograph, enabling HGVs to charge dynamically.
The project is one of five feasibility studies that aim to demonstrate zero-emission freight technology studies at scale on UK roads. The Department for Transport and Innovate UK have set aside £20m for the studies.
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