Of course, there will be losses in power transfer, and nobody in the US actually does the speed limit, so in reality the actual amount of charge you'll be able to pick up off this thing will be significantly less than that.
What a complete boondoggle. Embarrassing for everyone involved.
Most EVs use something like 0.2-0.4kWh/mile. So in fact even at 10% efficiency you could drive forever if this stuff was scaled out.
Does any car support this yet?
A nice theoretical boondoggle when we could be building out rail or funding deployment of actual charging stations.
The point of an electrified road is not to magically charge your vehicle to capacity in seconds, but to sustain and extend the travel distance of EVs.
> What a complete boondoggle. Embarrassing for everyone involved.
I'm still stuck on this line, it seems so out of place. What is embarrassing about this project? When did building out infrastructure become embarrassing? Would you say the same if it was a different state?
It’s an expensive and highly ineffective way to charge cars a very small amount, and is fundamentally a poor use of society’s limited resources.
In our local universe entropy must be preserved, and energy comes at a premium. That is the reason nobody have flying cars since they were envisioned in the 60s.
Same for hydrogen fuel cells, more realistic but still overhyped as it is not more efficient than simple battery, it has worse logistics and delivers less. The tech in terms of auto is now dying as reality is slamming into its face. And for the same reason (energy inefficiency and costs) this project will also die.