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Detailed explanation-1: -The construction of an electric road to charge public transportation vehicles will make Tel Aviv-Yafo the first city worldwide to roll out the technology for charging buses on a wide scale.

Detailed explanation-2: -Trafikverket, the agency that oversees Sweden’s highway network, has decided to install the country’s first vehicle-charging “electric road” in the county of Örebro, about 100km west of Stockholm, the World Highways news site reports.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Atal Harit Vidyut Rashtriya Mahamarg (AHVRM) is named after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The total length of AHVRM will be nearly 500 kilometres. Currently, the world’s largest EV highway is situated in Berlin, Germany. This highway is 109 kilometres long.

Detailed explanation-4: -Of the three systems, ground-level conductive rails are estimated to be the most cost-effective. Korea was the first to implement an induction-based public electric road with a commercial bus line in 2013 after testing an experimental shuttle service in 2009.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sweden’s highway network is set to build the world’s first permanent electric road in the country by 2025, which will allow electric vehicles to charge as they drive. According to a report by World Highways, the electric road is to be built in Örebro county, roughly 100km west of Stockholm.