Norway's Wireless Charging Roads

As electric vehicles become more and more prominent on our roads - and charging capacity more and more of an issue - Norway has come up with a clever, broad-view solution for its fleet of taxis, called ‘ElectriCity’. In the future, it might take in far more vehicles, too.

The Nordic country has already committed to requiring all new cars sold from 2025 onwards are electric, and intends to build an entirely emission-free taxi service to assist in its lofty aims.

With charging time an efficiency limiting factor for electric commercial vehicles in particular, they’ll be doing this by charging the cabs wirelessly, through the taxi rank they sit on, as the taxis wait to be hired.

This saves in several ways: no need to hunt out an available charger, no need to wait separately for a charge and to be hired, and no need to even plug in or unplug when a fare arrives, all of which save precious time in which to earn. In the industry, after all, time is money.

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Norway's Wireless Charging Roads

[KhiTurner]

_This is so true! One of the main reasons I love Norway_ 🇳🇴

[davetv]

What a futuristic idea! I love Norway. I am from Nigeria.

[jaswanth]

If this existed then I’d be happy to pay the road taxes

[moneyinmotion]

It's the future, Tesla is also electric, my investment in Tesla will get me my perfect ride.

[lucretius]

I can forsee people setting up induction grills on the road.

[joppekim]

Well in Northern Norway where I live they can't even make a fully functional road. This project is a waste of money.

[ganeshvenkatakrishnan]

I absolutely was imagining a charging on the go technique, but slightly different as I was not well acquainted with wireless charging. But somewhere in between electric highway and charging station, where moving cars on highway could connect to a cable, get charged on the run and detach when charged and switch to regular lane. This would mean, one lane in the highway to be dedicated for charging only. Such charging supplies could be powered by solar energy through the highway itself.

[brachiossquill]

Alternate title: wireless chargers for cars

[robertdonley]

A good place to start this might be to turn various toll roads into charging roads, that way you can charge as you go and the pass you'd get for said road (EZ pass in US) would probably also help calculate how much electricity you use and charge you accordingly. This would make it a project that would eventually pay for itself.

[benman]

hey, it's one of the most energy-intensive and inefficient methods of charging, but hey, it sounds cool so let's conveniently ignore that. lol

[JulianT]

Canada also has a wireless charging highway. Im not sure if it's actually active yet but i've been seeing commercials for it since like a year ago.

[SomD]

Elon musk: "MY GOD WHAT A GREAT IDEA WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT"

[luckieoleary]

I’ve been envisioning wireless charging roads for years now. Im glad it’s happening. After all, anything is possible.

[jwboll]

Where have I seen this before... oh yeah, "SOLAR! FREAKING! ROADWAYS!"

[sherwing]

Norway: "incentivizes electric cars"
Other countries: "hey look, money we can charge"

[waqasahmed]

There's an innovative company in the UK where they install EV charging outside terraced houses, which have a lock on so only you can use it. That's pretty decent especially as you're connecting using a wired connection and that's more efficient. The cost is around 4K

[raminazizi]

Norway charging cars using renewable electricity! Meanwhile, almost the entirety of the Norway's national wealth is thanks to their non-renewable gas exports, which they use only a fraction of themselves.

[WASTEOFTIMESTUDIOS]

Do lines above the roadway, pole goes up, touches line, electricity and charging battery, it leaves electrified roadway pole retracts and uses the battery. Inspections they can pull how much power was consumed from roadway power and factor that into the yearly fees, which could also maintain the lines.

[Fergulix]

Now you can drop your iphone on the roads of norway and charge it a bit before picking it back up.

[sakshamsharma]

In Some countries electric cars haven't yet are available at affordable prices and in all cities....and Norway is implementing wireless charging....Its great....