Electric vehicles take a leap: Wireless charging can power cars as they drive

The RAV4 uses an 18kWh battery for its electric driving mode, and the Electreon team claims that it never went fully flat, in spite of only 25 per cent of the road surface of the test track working as a charger. Electreon also says that the technology is capable of charging multiple vehicles – be they a large HGV or a small hatchback – at the same time, and it works with all battery chemistries and types.

Of course, there are equally enormous barriers in the way. If we’re struggling as much as we are to fund the development of electric car chargers in service stations and car parks, just imagine the expense, chaos and delays that would be caused by digging up roads to install wireless charging loops. Nonetheless, there are further benefits to the tech. If EVs could charge as they drive, then they wouldn’t need large, heavy, wasteful batteries.

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