A public road in Detroit is able to wirelessly charge electric vehicle batteries as they drive over the asphalt – but how? NBC News’ Maggie Vespa shares the technology behind the electric avenue.
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This will hold up traffic. You have to drive very slow to recieve a charge. Theres already bike lanes making the roads narrower! I cant believe they got approved 4 this! This needs to be in parking spots, its not fast enough for roads!!!
Wow! I hope this works.
I’ve driven 110,000 miles in an EV during the last 3 years, no major issues charging in public exclusively. Free chargers in many shopping centers/parking lots. Some solar powered too. It’s more about ‘how’ you charge while parking, which would otherwise be a dormant ICE vehicle. No fill-up at a station like gas, but a spot to park/charge while at gym, grocery, theatre, cafe,etc. In this sense, when everything goes smoothly and you know where to go, you’re actually spending ‘less’ time ‘filling up’ than the 3-5min wait for an ICE vehicle at the pump. You can avoid any line at a station by never going below 20 to 40% state of charge, giving you flexibility to go to an alternative station, your battery will charge more quickly that way anyway.
These roads will be all over by 2060.. Remote viewers predicted it in like the 70s. When i saw that they built one of these, i nearly spit out my coffee because I've been waiting to see if something along these lines would pop up. 😂😂😂
To the comments about how expensive this short stretch of road is, remember that it's a proof-of-concept only. All research and development is outrageously expensive compared to build-out at infrastructure scale. Economies of scale as well as maturation of the technology itself have to be considered to reduce the cost per mile.
Keep in mind that 80% of Americans live in cities, so there could be an opportunity here to electrify commuter routes. This would allow commuter specific vehicles to be built with a 20-30 mile battery range, significantly reducing the up-front cost of EVs, since big batteries are the primary contributors to high EV cost.
Further, it's worth noting that for EVs to become widely adopted, there will need to be a considerable build-out of charging stations. As they are today, they are problematic to install in parking lots and are prone to failure due to wear-and-tear on the terminal, the cable, and the connector. If EVs came equipped with this technology, every parking spot could have an inductive charger installed beneath it. Visually alone, that's a much cleaner solution than a bunch of charging poles. And it's passive, so no terminals, cables, or connectors to wear out and require replacement. Much higher reliability. As an added bonus, those BMW drivers who like to park diagonally across 3 spaces would be forced not to park like animals if they want to charge!
Yessssssssssss
americans 😂😂😂😂 electric no way 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂Most Americans don't even know what the capital city is…..
slot car
How about better public transit
This is insane. It's all about control
Oh i see bad things happening.
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If this technology can charge cars, can it also melt the snow off the road?
6 million
What street is it?
The costs won't go down if the roads end up getting trashed by the weather. Especially in an area where it snows.
Now THIS is innovation, I can see huge potential for these electric roads but it does beg the question; how much do people have to pay?
No pot holes and no gas. Go on Detroit. Do your thing 😎
Gives the whole different meaning of Electric Avenue.