Understanding the future for ULEVs and Highways

Gordon Telling, Head of ULEV and Energy, TRL

Imagine if you could make a seamless, integrated journey by electric bus, driverless car and bike hire – all paid for easily through your smartphone. Imagine if the highway beneath your car repaired itself, reducing disruptive road works. Imagine temperature-sensitive road markings that warn you of icy conditions, a car park that doubles as a solar panel, or pavements that turn footsteps into electricity.

These are just some of the ideas being looked at by the inventors of tomorrow’s highways, and Gordon Telling, will be looking at how these and the move to Ultra Low Emission Vehicles will change the face of freight transport as we know it.