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Sweden Transport Research and Innovation brief week 20 2026
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- Industrial-scale electrification has reached a new technological baseline with Volvo Trucks’ launch of a 700-kilometer range electric platform, which utilizes high-density battery arrays and 700 kW Megawatt Charging Systems (MCS) to align hardware performance with mandatory driver rest cycles.
- The Swedish government issued a productivity mandate to Trafikverket, shifting infrastructure procurement from a "lowest-price" model toward a system that rewards innovation, quality, and speed of delivery to accelerate the 2026–2037 National Plan.
- Grid-transport synthesis is being operationalized through strategic projects like the Horred-Breared 400 kV corridor renewal, establishing power capacity as a proactive logis ...
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