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Detroit's newest road can charge electric cars as they drive on it (www.axios.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Detroit is now home to the country's first chunk of road that can wirelessly charge an electric vehicle (EV), whether it's parked or moving.

Why it matters: Wireless charging on an electrified roadway could remove one of the biggest hassles of owning an EV: the need to stop and plug in regularly.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Not nationally, only for a Denver metro track some council person told me about that they ended up spending more money and extra years refurbishing one line than it would have cost to replace multiple lines.

Refurbishing lines in the US, where the tracks are so old we're replacing them anyway works too, however we can expand and modernize our ancient, prohibitively expensive transportation infrastructure is not as important as doing it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I have no problem whatsoever with rail expansion.

I just think "cars bad trains good tear it all up" to be a gross oversimplification that isn't helpful discourse.

Like I've said elsewhere in this chain, I am extremely pro-mass-transit - whatever form it takes. Any increase in mass transit is better than not, imo.