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I wonder if one day highways will have wireless power transfer that can meter you as you go.

by lgregg 8y ago

rzzzt 8y ago
I would be happy with a pantograph-style sliding contact on the roof!
- KJKingJ 8y ago
  So a trolleybus[0], but for personal vehicles? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybus
jve 8y ago
Germany is building a wired one on A1 (5km length). Overhead contact line for trucks and looks ugly: http://www.thedrive.com/news/13448/germany-to-install-overhead-electric-vehicle-chargers-on-autobahn http://www.thedrive.com/news/13448/germany-to-install-overhe...
- flixic 8y ago
  I'm getting a wall: No Access The web page you were trying to visit is not accessible in your country. Lithuania (Europe) here. Is this GDPR thing or something more?
  - heavenlyblue 8y ago
    I am in UK and it's all fine.
  - dotancohen 8y ago
    FWIW I can view the site in Israel. The article has this Youtube video embedded, which shows the overhead contact lines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8l9ieoIazc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8l9ieoIazc
  - solarkraft 8y ago
    No problem from Germany. Interesting, why would they block Lithuania?
  - jve 8y ago
    No problem from Latvia. But there are plenty of articles if you search for "germany ehighway"
- 1stranger 8y ago
  How are overhead lines any more ugly than a sprawling freeway?
  - jve 8y ago
    Well in my country, they try to hide electrical lines by burying them. When some works are there and there are air electrical lines, they usually do just that.
casylum 8y ago
They are working on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNQPikt13Lk&t=3m14s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNQPikt13Lk&t=3m14s
adrianN 8y ago
With the added bonus of being ice free in winter due to the losses?
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
  At least it will provide a nice warm refuge for the local wildlife...
mandeepj 8y ago
I dream of wireless charging on the way. Hopefully, not too far into future. Ubeam.com have made it possible. On a smaller scale though
- Trevor908 8y ago
  ubeam is well known to be nonsense. They can't even charge phones or transmit any meaningful amount of energy.

I wonder if one day highways will have wireless power transfer that can meter you as you go.

by lgregg 8y ago

I wonder if one day highways will have wireless power transfer that can meter you as you go.

rzzzt 8y ago

I would be happy with a pantograph-style sliding contact on the roof!

KJKingJ 8y ago
So a trolleybus[0], but for personal vehicles? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybus

jve 8y ago

Germany is building a wired one on A1 (5km length). Overhead contact line for trucks and looks ugly: http://www.thedrive.com/news/13448/germany-to-install-overhead-electric-vehicle-chargers-on-autobahn http://www.thedrive.com/news/13448/germany-to-install-overhe...

flixic 8y ago
I'm getting a wall: No Access The web page you were trying to visit is not accessible in your country. Lithuania (Europe) here. Is this GDPR thing or something more?
- heavenlyblue 8y ago
  I am in UK and it's all fine.
- dotancohen 8y ago
  FWIW I can view the site in Israel. The article has this Youtube video embedded, which shows the overhead contact lines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8l9ieoIazc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8l9ieoIazc
- solarkraft 8y ago
  No problem from Germany. Interesting, why would they block Lithuania?
- jve 8y ago
  No problem from Latvia. But there are plenty of articles if you search for "germany ehighway"
1stranger 8y ago
How are overhead lines any more ugly than a sprawling freeway?
- jve 8y ago
  Well in my country, they try to hide electrical lines by burying them. When some works are there and there are air electrical lines, they usually do just that.

casylum 8y ago

They are working on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNQPikt13Lk&t=3m14s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNQPikt13Lk&t=3m14s

adrianN 8y ago

With the added bonus of being ice free in winter due to the losses?

SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
At least it will provide a nice warm refuge for the local wildlife...

mandeepj 8y ago

I dream of wireless charging on the way. Hopefully, not too far into future. Ubeam.com have made it possible. On a smaller scale though

Trevor908 8y ago
ubeam is well known to be nonsense. They can't even charge phones or transmit any meaningful amount of energy.