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Although if you had this everywhere, you could probably do away with most of the batteries on electric cars, making them a lot cheaper and lighter.
by Nition 9y ago
Although if you had this everywhere, you could probably do away with most of the batteries on electric cars, making them a lot cheaper and lighter.
- wil421 9y agoIt would never be everywhere at not in somewhere as vast as Europe or US. To jump on OPs bandwagon. It would make sense to have this on highways as opposed to surface streets. Distance is one of the limiting factors for a lot of people buying electric. In the US interstates are at least maintained by the Feds and are pretty standard in look and feel. It would probably be easier to implement nationwide.
- 0xffff2 9y ago>In the US interstates are at least maintained by the Feds and are pretty standard in look and feel. I don't believe that's true. At least in California, CalTrans does all of the maintenance on state and federal highways alike. AFAIK CalTrans does get paid by the Federal government for interstate maintenance, but that's the extent of the USDOT's involvement in interstate maintenance.
- wil421 9y agoYes as it turns out they oversee the projects and standards but the actual work is done by state contractors.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> In the US interstates are at least maintained by the Feds No, they aren't. States are encouraged to focus federal funds given to them for road maintenance on the National Highway System, which includes the Interstates, but the maintenance is done by the states. EDIT: missed responding to this bit— > and are pretty standard in look and feel. The look and feel is due to the AASHTO [0], on which the federal government (via DOT) has only non-voting membership, the same as a number of foreign transportation authorities. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Association_of_State_Highway_and_Transportation_Officials https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Association_of_Stat...
- wil421 9y agoYou’re right. What I meant was funded by a federal program.
- kevin_thibedeau 9y agoNot going to work in the snow belt. Maintenance on this will be crazy.
- mwarkentin 9y agoPretty sure Sweden gets snowy? :)
- kevin_thibedeau 9y agoPretty sure this tech demo will be shelved after they get tired of it breaking down.
- philliphaydon 9y agoNo way this is another thing they can tax.
- notatoad 9y agoAt close to $1m per km though, it isn't going to be everywhere.