Detroit's newest road can charge electric cars as they drive on it
Detroit's newest road can charge electric cars as they drive on it
Detroit is now home to the country's first chunk of road that can wirelessly charge an electric vehicle (EV), whether it's parked or moving.
Why it matters: Wireless charging on an electrified roadway could remove one of the biggest hassles of owning an EV: the need to stop and plug in regularly.
There's a lot of details missing here. It sort of makes sense if you are parked on the street, but it says you can also get a charge while driving. How much battery capacity can you realistically expect to get driving down this stretch of road? Like within the limitations of physics. Maybe if the highway system had this installed but it would be outrageously expensive to replace it all. I also have major doubts that a universal standard would be agreed upon by all manufacturers and municipalities.
Money would be better spent installing more frequent charging stations, which I understand is already the plan.
Kinda like F-Zero?
Anyone else getting FZero vibes?
Coming soon: Tesla charging roads, Rivian charging roads
awesome so Robocop can charge while driving to a crime!
Somewhere in the world, Norman Reedus started breathing heavily in anticipation
Wireless charging 🤦
Can it charge my phone?
anything but rail, huh ?
Yeah, but you know, then you're in...Detroit. 😕
Congratulations Detroit, you've just reinvented the electric streetcar.
It doesn't need to be wireless charging guys.
Haha I assumed this was to bill the EVs so that it would cost more to drive them than ICEs.
I'm perhaps too cynical these days.
Had the same idea when I was a kid:
Great. Great! We need innovation like this.