The US Department of Transport have authorised a $250M grant program to fund Wireless EV charging roads. A look at the pilot program in Detroit Michigan with the startup company Electreon:
https://electreon.com/

00:00 - Wireless EV road charging in Detroit
01:15 - $250M funding from the US Department of Transport!
03:18 - The inductive road coil
05:29 - This project is a half arsed approach to EV costs.
06:50 - Petrol/Gas vs Electric EV charging, still no contest.
07:14 - Reminds me of Adam Something and his take on Electric Busses
08:21 - Electreon gets UN Approval!
09:02 - Private company tech in roads?
09:41 - The location in Detroit
10:53 - The Chicken & Egg problem
13:52 - The problems are many
16:57 - Let's watch the Electreon marketing video
18:16 - The EV retrofit is EASY!
20:25 - The motherload of wireless charging failure analysis document from DOT!
26:41 - They make it sound so easy!
27:56 - They want these on consumer EV's, LOL!

Reference Links:
DOT failure analysis report: https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57152
https://www.forbes.com/sites/billkoen...
https://apnews.com/press-release/busi...
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-relea...
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/bus...
https://apnews.com/article/wireless-r...
https://stevens.house.gov/media/press...
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/...
https://www.designboom.com/technology...
   • Transforming roads into charging asse...  
https://www.theautopian.com/toyota-el...
https://meticulousblog.org/top-10-com...
https://www.meticulousresearch.com/pr...
https://australasiantransportresearch...
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-n...
https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1493137

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