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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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[–] Xerxos@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago

Anyone else getting FZero vibes?

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You know what other form of transportation wirelessly recieves power? Trains.

[–] Neato@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not wireless. Overhead contact lines are wires they just skim along them.

Comparison for this would be a metal brush dragging the ground over electrical contacts to maintain connection. Which would be a third rail on roads, very dangerous.

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Guess what's inside your wireless charging port!

The point is, there's no physical connection being made.

[–] Neato@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

... Yes there is in trains. Not in wireless charging. I was correcting your comparison.

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[–] SaltySalamander@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Via which mechanism exactly?

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Which is a wire.

[–] ripcord@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The ones I have at home get it through the tracks.

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[–] Eh_I@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Coming soon: Tesla charging roads, Rivian charging roads

[–] avater@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

awesome so Robocop can charge while driving to a crime!

[–] muse@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Somewhere in the world, Norman Reedus started breathing heavily in anticipation

[–] lnxtx@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

Wireless charging 🤦

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