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Originally Posted by spiderplant
Is a national network of overhead power is the solution? Think trams or dodgem cars.
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It could be for bigger vehicles
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...-power-lorries
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The government will fund the design of a scheme to install overhead electric cables to power electric lorries on a motorway near Scunthorpe, as part of a series of studies on how to decarbonise road freight.
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But that's only feasible because lorry cabs and trailers have rules around their height so you know roughly where to put the wires and how big the pantograph needs to be.
It's not as possible for private vehicles as they're all different - and the wires for lorries and buses would be too high to safely use on a smaller car, and ones for cars would be too low for other vehicles to use or pass under.
However wireless pads in the ground could be another source of charging to help improve convenience of charging access
https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/electr...does-it-work-/
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Volvo has launched a new wireless EV charging trial in Gothenburg. The company has allocated a small fleet of electric XC40s to Cabonline – the largest taxi operator in the Nordic region – who will use the cars and the wireless charging pads over the next three years to see how well the system works in the real world.
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https://www.sustainable-bus.com/infr...ynamics-buses/
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Kansas City International Airport is on its way investing in wireless chargers for electric buses. The airport turned to Momentum Dynamics, becoming first airport with wireless charging for its electric bus fleet in the whole US. Such system was adopted also in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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