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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.

    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      52·
      7 months ago

      Truck drivers do it all the time, I’m just doing it to visit family. 😜

      The wasted energy isn’t inherently a problem. If it is 100% renewable, for instance, it would be more environmentally friendly to have no battery with 99% wasted energy.

      So moving forward as we move more and more to a green grid, the concern of wasted energy becomes less and less.

    • Zeoic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      7 months ago

      Ehh, i dont really see a problem driving that long as long as you start it when you first get up for the day. I do 8 hour drives multiple times a year to go see family and only stop after 6 hours to gas up, then continue on. With how quick gasing up is with paying at the pump these days, 3 minutes of stop doesn’t sound to far fetched.

        • Zeoic@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          7 months ago

          I live in canada, and the charging infrastructure is very bad here. In fact, my usual drive probably isn’t even possible in the winter due to a lack of charging points with how little range the cars have in winter here.