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.
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Now when will the capitalism kick in and if you don't pay your monthly sub you don't get road charging
24 4 ReplyRoads are paid for via taxes
10 0 ReplyAnd tolls
6 0 ReplyAlso a government initiative, and effectively a regressive tax, if not definitionally.
2 0 ReplyOkay, but does that get the water paid for? Without lead.
1 4 ReplyNo it pays for roads.
2 0 ReplyApparently
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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.
8 1 ReplyIt doesn't have to.
3 2 ReplyIt 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.
1 0 ReplyDidn't know Hummer make EV. And god it's still as inefficient as always.
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