Electric road E20, Hallsberg–Örebro

The purpose of the pilot electric road project is to verify and demonstrate the technology by installing and testing a complete electric road system with ancillary services, toll and access system, etc. This pilot project will be Sweden’s first permanent electric road.

Decision on choice of route: Sweden’s first electric road will be constructed between Hallsberg and Örebro

It has now been decided that Sweden’s first permanent electric road will be built on the section of the E20 European motorway between Hallsberg and Örebro. This investment in electric roads is intended to contribute to the goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions from freight traffic.

Heavy goods vehicles are responsible for a large proportion of carbon dioxide emissions from road traffic. We need to analyse how various electrification solutions to bring us closer to the goal of fossil-free transport actually work in practice.

The choice of route was between the E20 Hallsberg–Örebro and Route 73 Västerhaninge–Nynäshamn. The priorities and choice of route have been based on a number of criteria such as road type, traffic volumes, transport arrangements, the natural and cultural environment, the available power supply and national defence interests.

Örebro and Hallsberg are located in the middle of the logistics triangle between Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö. In addition, we have seen that a number of companies use this particular route for a great deal of their transport. Taken together, this provides good conditions for the pilot to realise the anticipated results, as well as being important prerequisites for any future expansion.

There is a consensus between the Swedish Transport Administration and Region Örebro County on the need to transport goods in a climate-smart manner in an area of growing logistical importance to Sweden.

What happens now?

After careful analysis and consideration, the Swedish Transport Administration has decided to put the electric road project on hold. Previously, the procurement was cancelled in August 2023 due to increased costs, and lack of required funding to build Sweden's first permanent electric road.

The Swedish Transport Administration is still assigned to build the electric road on E20 between Hallsberg and Örebro. However, the continuation of the project is determined by funding provided in the Swedish government’s upcoming revision of the National plan for transport infrastructure. The revision is currently in progress, and a new National plan will be announced in early 2026. Until then, the electric road project remains paused.