Research in Indiana lays groundwork for highways that recharge EVs of all sizes across the nation
First highway segment in U.S. wirelessly charges electric heavy-duty truck while driving
Research in Indiana lays groundwork for highways that recharge EVs of all sizes across the nation
First highway segment in U.S. wirelessly charges electric heavy-duty truck while driving
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Americans will try anything except building electric trains.
For the first time in the U.S., a roadway has wirelessly charged an electric heavy-duty truck driving at highway speeds, demonstrating key technology that could help lower the costs of building electrified highways for all electric vehicles to use in the future.
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Since trucking [contributes the most to U.S. gross domestic product](https://data.bts.gov/stories/s/Freight-Transportation-the-Economy/6ix2-c8dn/) compared to other modes of freight transportation, lowering costs for heavy-duty electric trucks could help attract more investment into electrifying highways that all vehicle classes would share.
If electric heavy-duty trucks could charge or stay charged using highways, their batteries could be smaller in size and they could carry more cargo, significantly reducing the costs of using EVs for freight transportation. Electrified highways could also allow the batteries of passenger cars to be smaller.
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This successful test opens cascading potentials for the future.
Isn’t this just trains? Pretty sure this is just a fucking train
Did you guys just build a life size slot car set, and then call it innovation?
all the down sides of the previously attempted overhead wire based truck charging
with even worse energy transfer efficiency
incredible