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Nov 30, 2020
9:19:17am

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Is this the old "solar highways" idea I heard about years ago?

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JmThms

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Charging an EV is hardly inconvenient but this is still a small bit of convenience that I think people will love.

Tokolosh All-American

11/30/20 8:14am

That picture makes it look like a Babylon Bee piece.

11/30/20 8:16am

i'd still prefer plugging in because no way that thing doesnt get run over

11/30/20 8:16am

And it has to be less efficient as well. And that would be on top of charging inefficiencies that already exist.

supertux

11/30/20 8:17am

I wonder what the large oscillating magnetic field would do to other things

ryebrye

11/30/20 8:25am

RE: I wonder what the large oscillating magnetic field would do to other things

Faceman

11/30/20 8:41am

RE: I wonder what the large oscillating magnetic field would do to other things

AggieWeekendCougar

11/30/20 9:26am

Probably built to withstand that. But the inefficiency would be my bigger concern.

Tokolosh

11/30/20 8:18am

Also, stepping on that has to make you sterile. That and 5g are going to give us

Baron

11/30/20 8:22am

We were just watching Radioactive about Marie Currie... she slept with her

kotacoug

11/30/20 8:26am

You sleep with your phone?

supertux

11/30/20 8:27am

For most people it's their most intimate relationship

TNT

11/30/20 8:28am

Yes but only on vibrate.

Baron

11/30/20 8:29am

Dang. Kinky

TNT

11/30/20 8:29am

Cancer maybe.

bluesloth

11/30/20 8:34am

Still pretty inconvenient

TNT

11/30/20 8:24am

The biggest advance will be the increase of range on the electric vehicle. Wireless charging is good, but I still go on

specsauce

11/30/20 8:36am

This is why they need to build a car where the entire exterior is solar paneling

Pro Logic

11/30/20 8:48am

I could have sworn Fisker did that with one of their vehicles.

specsauce

11/30/20 3:39pm

You go on trips where you drive for more than 10 hours straight without

11/30/20 8:49am

If I am alone or just with my boys we can do 6 hour stretches with the limiting factor being the range of our fuel tank.

Tokolosh

11/30/20 9:15am

We have a diesel straight 6 in our SUV. We usually leave either right after dinner or 0 dark thirty to get on the road.

specsauce

11/30/20 3:37pm

That is a possibility and has been mentioned in some auto industry committees meetings...

Tokolosh

11/30/20 9:13am

Is this the old "solar highways" idea I heard about years ago?

JmThms

11/30/20 9:19am

Solar highways has been kicked around for a couple decades, who knows if we'll figure it out anytime soon.

Tokolosh

11/30/20 9:36am

My reading of some initial solar road trials says it has been a failure.

JmThms

11/30/20 4:14pm

Ubiquitous charging is more urgent than range

05COUG

11/30/20 10:26am

Agreed that more charging availability needs to increase. I'm not looking at adding weight of more batteries to increas

specsauce

11/30/20 1:33pm

After reading the 8-day off road test with the new Rivian, I'm convinced I'd need 800 mile range. The Rivian literally

Bert609

11/30/20 1:41pm

I have been plugging in my car for 3 years.

Jeremy

11/30/20 8:40am

Yep, not a "needed" technology but one that would see adoption.

Tokolosh

11/30/20 9:16am

There is an in-road charging system developed that uses copper set in the road

Ironhide

11/30/20 8:48am

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