Germany thinks it may have found a way to overcome the issues surrounding trucks diesel consumption polluting towns and cities leading to climate change by using overhead lines to power big rigs.
According to the German government, a system that allows trucks to draw electric power from overhead cables began operating on 10 kilometres of the autobahn on Tuesday.
This is the first test of this type on a public road in Germany and it works by trucks running on electric motors when connected to the overhead lines, and a hybrid system when they return to a traditional road, with sensors detecting when the overhead wires are available.