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I would think the biggest limitations would be: - Cost of placing under the highway (mitigated by only doing so on full reconstruction/maintenance works) - Co
by Panzer04 3y ago
I would think the biggest limitations would be:
- Cost of placing under the highway (mitigated by only doing so on full reconstruction/maintenance works)
- Cost of materials (massive induction coils, over a very large distance to get meaningfull charging....
- Cost of electricity (Induction would be much less efficient than direct charging - rather than 100%, you'll get a fraction of that (heavily dependent on the distance from the body to the roadway - good luck Electric F150s..)
Roads are designed to be as cheap as possible while fulfilling their purpose. It's difficult to imagine you could cost-effectively spread that charging infrastructure out. It would be more expensive than pantograph electric lines, which would be much more efficient at actually transferring energy.
EVs are still only a few percent of all cars, so this infrastructure would be unused most of the time. Cars with inductive chargers underneath will be even less common, and people willing to pay the premium to use them less common again.
This seems like a pipe dream like solar roadways, sounds good but beaten out by the normal, sensible solution of just charging at stationary car park where cars spend 95% of their time. Batteries are only getting cheaper as well, which hurts the business case too.
- bobthepanda 3y agoAlso cost of maintenance. In much of the US they can barely keep the paint lines clear and the pavement un-potholed, and now we want to put electric infrastructure into the mix?
- AlexandrB 3y agoIndeed. This idea seems ridiculous on its face when you consider the state of existing road infrastructure. The only way it could work is if it made maintenance cheaper or was a driver of significant revenue.
- imtringued 3y agoSpeaking of revenue, this type of infrastructure would require tolls to pay for the energy consumption.
- vuln 3y agoSounds like you’ve never driven in Florida. Florida has some of the best roads, markings and reflectors that would rival any southern state. The lack of snow does wonders.
- bobthepanda 3y agoI would imagine that subjecting a bunch of electrical equipment to saltwater storm surge would also be pretty bad.
- vuln 3y agoIf you look at a map of Florida you’ll see that Orlando is pretty much near the center of the state rendering a _saltwater storm surge_ a very very very very rare event. But hey keep assuming things about Florida. Your imagination is wild.