EV charging at freeway speeds? USU’s ASPIRE puts it on the road map

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Just like wireless cell phone chargers, recharging a battery does not require a wired connection. The charger generates a magnetic field that induces the flow of electricity in any nearby wire. That flowing electricity recharges the battery.

National Engineering Center, poised to lead Utah’s EV conversion, is already known worldwide for its work on in-road charging.

Center for Advancing Sustainability through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification . Under a bill the Utah Legislature is considering, ASPIRE would lead the planning for Utah’s charging network for cars, trucks, trains and even electric aircraft. This bus can be charged from underground coils at the ASPIRE test track in Logan. When it's charged, it can operate on regular city streets.

Zane said a freeway with five miles of charging followed by 10 to 15 miles of no charging – repeated across the country – could be enough to keep truck traffic moving without stopping.

 

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Keep the legislature out of it, they will screw up the whole project somehow, someway.

This is a road to nowhere. Modern battery technology is very good. DC fast charging can be built out everywhere there's a grid. Inductive charging doesn't even make sense in a garage. EV trucking has arrived and this idea is just expensive nonsense.

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