This French highway can charge your EV while driving
A 1.5-km stretch of the A10 motorway near Paris is testing wireless charging for electric vehicles—meaning cars, trucks, and busses can power up just by driving over it.
This pilot project is a team-up between Vinci Autoroutes, Electreon, Gustave Eiffel University, VINCI Construction, and Hutchinson, delivering over 200 kW of steady power under the road.
Induction coils hidden beneath the asphalt send energy
Induction coils hidden beneath the asphalt send energy straight to vehicles in real traffic.
Right now, four prototype EVs are giving it a go.
If this takes off, we could see smaller batteries in heavy-duty vehicles and less environmental impact from all that freight on the road.
If rolled out across more highways, this tech could help
If rolled out across more highways, this tech could help electrify France's freight sector—which makes up over 16% of national greenhouse gas emissions—and make long-haul EV travel way more practical.
Electreon's CEO Oren Ezer stated, "I believe these results pave the way for the deployment of thousands of kilometers of wireless road using our technology in France, and later across Europe."