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Advanced infrastructure systems that transfer electricity from the road to vehicles, enabling dynamic charging while in motion can also be referred to as electric roads (Kumar & Yadav, 2023). According to the same authors, this innovative technology addresses significant challenges faced by electric vehicles (EVs), such as limited battery range and prolonged charging times. Conductive, inductive, and overhead catenary are the three main types of electric road systems (ERS). Conductive systems rely on physical contact with electrified tracks embedded in the road, exemplified by Sweden's eRoadArlanda, which uses a movable arm to connect vehicles to an electrified rail (European Road Transport Research Advisory Council, 2020). Inductive system uses electromagnetic fields to charge vehicles wirelessly by using coils buried beneath the road. One example of this would be Sweden’s SmartRoad Gotland (Schwirzke et al., 2022). Overhead catenary systems, like Germany's eHighway projec...