Accompanying Research for Catenary Trucks in Germany (BOLD)
Our current knowledge indicates that the German government’s climate policy objectives can only be achieved if electrification concepts for the transport sector are developed, tested and implemented on a large scale for heavy goods traffic as well. The German government therefore decided to carry out a field trial to test electric drives in heavy commercial vehicles as part of its “Climate Action Programme 2020”.
To implement this decision, the ELISA, FESH and eWayBW projects each constructed a test track for catenary trucks on a federal road and tested their operation under everyday conditions. The BOLD project provides the accompanying research to this endeavor.