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.

  • @[email protected]
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    31 year ago

    Guess what’s inside your wireless charging port!

    The point is, there’s no physical connection being made.

    • Neato
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      21 year ago

      … Yes there is in trains. Not in wireless charging. I was correcting your comparison.

      • @[email protected]
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        01 year ago

        Electric trains gather energy by running a conductive element along suspended wires. No connection made.

        Wireless chargers charge devices through induction, in which a coil of wire produces a magnetic field, inducing a current in the wire coil in your device. Both have wires, neither make connections, we call both wireless.