Comment on Detroit's newest road can charge electric cars as they drive on it
frezik@midwest.social 11 months agoIt’s not as bad as solar roadways, but it’s still a meh idea. It works, but it’s not very efficient. You need coils of wire built into the road, which means replacing the concrete. Still need to upgrade the power grid to handle the load.
It solves few problems and adds some of its own.
Candybar121@lemmy.world 11 months ago
frezik@midwest.social 11 months ago
Had to follow a link from OP’s link, but here it is:
Right now, it’s just a quarter mile test section. Don’t know either way, but they may not be charging for the initial proof of concept.