Beyond Research to Real-World Implementation

Working alongside state agencies, industry partners, and infrastructure stakeholders, ASPIRE helps translate innovation into operational systems — testing technologies at scale and under real-world conditions. These deployments are critical to validating performance, informing standards, and accelerating the adoption of electrified transportation across the United States.

Planning & Coordination

Before deployment, ASPIRE works with partners to design systems that are technically sound, economically viable, and scalable.

This includes:

Infrastructure planning and site design
Utility and grid coordination
Fleet and operational modeling
Policy and regulatory alignment

Through this work, ASPIRE helps ensure that deployments are not isolated pilots, but repeatable models for broader implementation.

Utah serves as a central hub for ASPIRE’s deployment efforts, bringing together research,
infrastructure planning, and real-world testing.

Projects in Utah focus on:

  • Electrified freight operations
  • Charging infrastructure deployment
  • Grid-integrated transportation systems
  • Cold weather & elevation performance
  • AAM & AI-enhanced planning tools

ASPIRE’s Public-Private Partnership (P3) pilots bring together industry, government, and academia to deploy and evaluate electrified transportation technologies.

These pilots are designed to:

  • Test systems in operational environments freight operations
  • Validate performance across use cases
  • Reduce risk for industry adoption
  • Inform future infrastructure investments

Active pilot projects across Utah demonstrate electrified transportation in real-world freight and infrastructure applications.

Examples include:

  • Electric freight vehicle deployments
  • Wireless charging installations
  • Charging infrastructure for fleet operations
Explore Utah Projects

ASPIRE’s Indiana pilot focuses on dynamic wireless power transfer (DWPT) – embedding charging technology into roadways to enable in-motion energy transfer.

This project represents a major step toward:

  • Continuous vehicle charging
  • Reduced battery size requirements
  • Scalable electrified corridor development
Learn About the Indiana Pilot

Florida deployments explore electrification in high-demand areas with humidity and high temperature environments, supporting infrastructure resilience and performance.

Projects include:

  • Charging infrastructure testing
  • Grid-integrated systems
  • Regional deployment strategies
  • Evaluation of use-fee models for electrified infrastructure, including the nation’s first electrified toll road

This work helps establish not only how systems perform technically, but how they can be

Explore Florida Deployments

Scale electrified transportation networks

Expand dynamic charging infrastructure

Future Demonstrations

Partner on a Deployment

Integrate emerging technologies like AI-driven control systems

Support new mobility applications, including advanced air mobility