This is asinine for all the reasons others have already stated. That said, I do think roads are a prime place to combine with energy distribution infrastructur

This is asinine for all the reasons others have already stated. That said, I do think roads are a prime place to combine with energy distribution infrastructure. On top of energy distribution, we don't need cars with batteries if they can instead function like slot cars getting their energy from the road surface below. This greatly reduces the weight of cars such that they are much cheaper to accelerate and decelerate and the stored kinetic energy is much lower making them much safer. Basically roads need a safe "automotive third rail". PG&E in California in partnership with the California DoT is the ideal company to pioneer this approach. Energy distribution is actually a power company's biggest strategic asset and they should be focusing on this, especially in the face of a world where energy production is being massively distributed through such approaches as home solar. Moving batteries around is great short term, but long term we really should be electrifying roads.