Research and development
Wireless charging standards
Electreon collaborated in the early 2020s on standardization with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) and WiPowerOne, an offshoot of the KAIST OLEV project. ENRX, which is composed of several companies including IPT, announced in November 2024 that it plans to collaborate with InductEV to standardize dynamic wireless power transfer; InductEV was later acquired by Electreon. An Electreon representative stated in a podcast published in December 2023 that SAE, Electreon, and other organizations were jointly developing a standard for dynamic wireless inductive charging.
Effects on road surface
Testing of various bonding materials between the inductive coils and the asphalt in 2023 at Nantes showed that Electreon's standard installation techniques of inductive coils under the asphalt were not satisfactory and resulted in critical strains. Performance was satisfactory with the use of specific bonding resins, with non-critical degradation in performance compared to reference pavements with no inductive coils. Despite satisfactory results, even the best-performing methods showed risk of debonding of the casing of the coils from the top layer of the road. ÉTS and Université Laval studied the structural performance of Electreon in-pavement inductive coils in 2025, similarly finding evidence of debonding. The 2023 Nantes trials showed increased risk of thermal damage to the road under regular operating conditions due to the induction coils exceeding temperatures of 100 °C (212 °F). The wireless ERS trial in France along a kilometer on the A10 autoroute used asphalt reinforced with woven fiberglass to meet the road's mechanical requirements and limit premature occurrence of reflective cracks.
Feasibility studies
Electreon has participated in several electric road feasibility studies, including:
Swedish Transport Administration electric road program, 2019–2024: Electreon first tested receivers nominally capable of up to 25 kW, installing three 25 kW receivers on an electric bus, and subsequently five 20 kW receivers on an electric truck that achieved an average transfer rate of 14 kW per receiver. The pilot was scheduled to conclude in March 2022, however Electreon applied for an extension for another year so it can test receivers nominally capable of 30 kW. Testing had been extended in late 2022 by another two years to assess seasonal damage and maintenance. The project's final report recommended against a national electric road network in Sweden as it would not be cost-effective, and the project was paused.
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United Kingdom, 2021: The Coventry University dynamic charging project DynaCoV found wireless electric roads financially infeasible, using itemized costs provided in 2021 by Electreon.
Germany, 2023: A bus equipped with inductive coils that receive power from a 200-meter strip of transmitters under the road surface was able to collect 64.3% of the power emitted from the transmitters. Installation proved complex and costly, and finding suitable locations for the coils' roadside power cabinets proved difficult. The Electreon infrastructure blocked access to all civil infrastructure beneath it. Internet access outages caused the wERS infrastructure to stop functioning entirely.
Norway, 2025: Busses equipped with Electreon receivers, nominally capable of 120kW, received an average of 62 to 65 kW.
Michigan, U.S., 2023–2026: Using data from BRTdata.org for the year 2025, the study found that a wireless charging lane would not be cost-effective for most bus rapid transit (BRT) systems around the world, with the exception of the ones in Beijing, Xiamen, and Bogotá. Cost-effectiveness requires a combination of high fleet utilization and high traffic density: utilization is given by the ratio of traveling buses to the total available bus fleet, and density is given by the number of traveling buses per mile of bus lane. The study assumes a wireless power transfer efficiency of 90%, installation of the minimal length of wireless charging infrastructure required to meet fleet charging needs, and a fixed cost of $3M per wireless charging infrastructure mile and an additional cost of $10k per kW-mile
France, 2023-2027: France began testing electric road technologies in 2023. An initial report by the French government found inductive charging is not a mature electric road technology as it delivers the least power, loses 20%-25% of the supplied power when installed on trucks, and its health effects have yet to be documented. Electreon installed four receivers on a truck, each nominally capable of 80 kW, for a total 320 kW. Power transfer peaked at over 300 kW and averaged 200 kW. Electreon has announced in 2026 that it applied for a follow-up project in order to meet the electric road cost requirements of the French government.
Products
Bus charging
NDTV reported in May 2026 that Electreon has demonstrated wireless charging for the past three years with a large public transport operator in Israel. The company says the infrastructure allows charging during short stops along the bus routes, rather than having to wait for the buses' batteries to be fully charged using ultra-fast chargers. The system was at that time able to support charging rates of around 90 kW.
Heavy-duty truck charging
Electreon trialed highway-charging of heavy-duty trucks on the A10 autoroute in France in 2025. An electric truck was equipped with several 40-kilogram 130-by-80-centimeter receivers, which achieved a combined average charging rate of 200 kW while driving along the segment of wireless-charging highway.
Charging mat
In September 2026 Electreon announced plans to release its first commercial product, an 11 kilowatt wireless charger for electric vehicles installed as a mat over parking spaces. This is equivalent to the output of most private home chargers. The company did not announce its price, availability date, launch market, nor customers. The device is set to compete against similar SAE J2954 wireless chargers for electric vehicles. The product, branded Lite DOT, was shown at the International Motor Show in Hannover, Germany.
