Overall Goal 1. To work for a full expansion of the E16 between Gävle harbor and Borlänge as Sweden’s first fully developed electric road. 2. To provide opportunities for the region’s companies to create innovation and export opportunities through the new technology. 3. To use interest in electric roads to attract expertise, investments and other benefits to the region. Project goals To contribute to Gävleborg becoming a leading region in the introduction of fossil- or emission-free, socially and economically sustainable transport systems for people, companies and society with Gävleborg as a commercial test bed and model for future value chains. Social sustainability includes work on gender equality and equality. Sub-target 1: The project ¿Reality Lab together with the Swedish Transport Administration and any additional regions present a plan for how full expansion of electric road technology in Northern Central Sweden will be achieved before 2030 where sustainability issues and SME’s opportunities are particularly highlighted. Sub-target 2: Continued development of collaboration platform with strengthened relationships and trust in various complementary networks that provide conditions for joint development efforts. Contact work and communication efforts that lead to concrete cooperation on the development of electric roads and/or development with at least one region in Sweden and one region in Germany shall be established during the project period. Special attention is paid to SME’s possibilities in these collaborations. Sub-target 3: Further development of concepts, models and knowledge of sustainable transport systems to support development innovations and business for the region’s companies. It is primarily about the critical ¿soft factors¿s such as development leadership with functioning collaboration models, proven business models with reliable calculus, social sustainability where gender equality and equal treatment are included, and how procurement models can be used in optimal ways to create investmentability. Sub-target 4: Increased FoI capacity for SME in the region through information, inspiration and knowledge development on innovative processes with electric roads and sustainable transport systems as good examples and case studies. Strengthened maturity and preparedness in the region to take care of opportunities for innovations and business with potential electric road expansion with special attention to SME’s development opportunities. Electric roads as an example of innovation process are known among SMEs in the region in industries that are close to the services and products included in the new infrastructure. Expected results at project completion – The project has, together with the Swedish Transport Administration and any additional regions, presented a realistic and timed plan for how full expansion of electric road technology in Northern Central Sweden will be achieved before 2030. The project has developed advanced knowledge and learning on several levels: technical, organizational, academic and practical. The project has helped to support the development of innovations and business for the region’s companies, especially on models for collaboration, business models, procurement, sustainability issues and value chains. ¿FoI capacity for SME in the region has been strengthened through information, inspiration and knowledge development on innovative processes with electric roads and sustainable transport systems as good examples and case studies. ¿SME in the region has strengthened the ability to assimilate the potential for innovation and to do business in potential electric road development – Elvägar as an example of innovation process is known among SME companies in the region – The project has stimulated the region’s business community to become ‘early adopters’ of new economically and environmentally sustainable transport systems. The prerequisites to influence gender equality and equal treatment in the electric road infrastructure have been investigated. ¿Minst 5 additional project ideas/innovations should have been generated to the region thanks to the project, i.e. through visitors or stakeholders in the project.