{"667337":{"#nid":"667337","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Hitting the Brakes or the Accelerator on Electrified Semitrucks","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EElectrical cables have been suspended over trams and trolley tracks for more than 140 years. They\u2019ve electrified bullet trains in Japan and Amtrak railways that connect Washington D.C and Boston. Now the United States, Germany, and Sweden are testing the technology on highways, hoping to eliminate emissions from tractor-trailers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA new study from Georgia Tech\u2019s College of Engineering looks closer at using overhead cable line (OCL) technology to power trucks, evaluating if they are wise environmental and economical choices.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor some countries, including the United States as a whole, Sweden and Germany, the team suggests OCL technology is ideal. It\u2019s also beneficial at the state level for New York, Washington, and Georgia. But for other areas, it shouldn\u2019t be implemented until the region\u2019s electric grid is cleaner.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/hitting-brakes-or-accelerator-electrified-semitrucks\u0022\u003ERead the full story on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStudy looks at the environmental and economic benefits of overhead cable-line technology for nation\u2019s highways.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"  Study looks at the environmental and economic benefits of overhead cable-line technology for nation\u2019s highways"}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2023-04-13 21:01:19","changed_gmt":"2023-04-13 21:05:17","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-04-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-04-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"670538":{"id":"670538","type":"image","title":"Siemens OCL Electric Truck","body":"\u003Cp\u003ESiemens Mobility built an overhead contact line for electric trucks on a 6.2-mile stretch of Germany\u2019s autobahn. (Photo courtesy: Siemens)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1681419690","gmt_created":"2023-04-13 21:01:30","changed":"1681419690","gmt_changed":"2023-04-13 21:01:30","alt":"An electric truck using overhead contact lines on Germany\u0027s autobahn (photo courtesy: Siemens)","file":{"fid":"253419","name":"Siemens-Mobility-Electric-Truck-Autobahn.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/04\/13\/Siemens-Mobility-Electric-Truck-Autobahn.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/04\/13\/Siemens-Mobility-Electric-Truck-Autobahn.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1703612,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/04\/13\/Siemens-Mobility-Electric-Truck-Autobahn.jpeg?itok=cQ6iFZOT"}}},"media_ids":["670538"],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"142","name":"City Planning, Transportation, and Urban Growth"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"191939","name":"Joe Bozeman"},{"id":"1897","name":"Civil Engineering"},{"id":"4776","name":"civil and environmental engineering"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJason Maderer\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maderer@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}