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Detroit's newest road can charge electric cars as they drive on it (www.axios.com)

submitted 11 months ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why would you expect something like that to be free or even one-time payment?

Electricity definitely cost money even when the city or state pay for the infrastructure, which is really unlikely.

[–] Cowbee@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't have to.

[–] cosmic_slate@dmv.social 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It doesn’t have to, but who wants to subsidize people driving unnecessarily large vehicles for recreation?

I get ~4 miles per kW (and around that mark isn’t unusual for a lot of others) but a Hummer EV is substantially worse at 1.6 miles per kW.

[–] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 1 points 11 months ago

Didn't know Hummer make EV. And god it's still as inefficient as always.