Electric Roads

An E-Transit commercial van provided by Ford has been fitted with an Electreon receiver, and will be used to test the wireless charging technology installed under a public road in Detroit

Automotive

Detroit becomes first city to install wireless-charging roadway in the US

We've been hearing about in-road EV charging tech for a number of years, including tests from Renault and Stellantis. Now the City of Detroit is reported to be the first installation of wireless charging in a public roadway in the US.

Tests with an electric Fiat New 500 have confirmed that in-road inductive charging can deliver theoretically unlimited EV driving range

Automotive

In-road inductive charging tests demonstrate unlimited EV range

The world's fifth-largest automaker has built and tested a charge-as-you-drive system – a loop of road in Italy with wireless EV charging coils embedded under the surface, so that electric cars can charge as they drive and unlock unlimited range.

Volvo is planning to test an electric road concept that will charge buses on the fly

Urban Transport

Volvo to test electric road that charges buses as they're in motion

Volvo has announced plans to study the potential for electric roads that charge buses as they're being driven. A stretch of electric road may be built in Gothenburg for testing.