Recharge as You Drive? The Future of EVs Could Be Wireless.

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The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 8 March 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Imagine driving down a road that recharges your electric car as it moves. Companies around the world are experimenting with new technology that can wirelessly charge EVs while they drive, thanks to copper coils buried beneath the asphalt. It could mean less time spent plugging in at slow chargers, no need for heavy, expensive lithium-ion batteries and wave goodbye to range anxiety. WSJ’s Danny Lewis reports on what it would take for this tech to hit the road, and how it could change the way we refuel our vehicles. What do you think about the show? Let us know on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or email us: [email protected] Further reading: These Companies Want to Charge Your Electric Vehicle as You Drive No More Charging Stops? We Take a Road Trip in an Ultralong-Range EV The Big Year for EVs Gets Off to a Bumpy Start Electric Cars and Driving Range: Here’s What to Know About EV Range Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Future of Everything listeners.
0:01.8	Today's episode is about bringing wireless charging to electric vehicles
0:05.7	by electrifying the roads they drive on.
0:08.3	And we want to know.
0:09.4	Would wireless charging convince you to get an EV?
0:12.3	Why or why not? Email us at FOE podcast at W.S.J.com. At some point in every driver's life, they've probably hit a moment when their car runs low on gas while on the road.
0:31.0	Oh no, where's the gas station? And if you're driving an electric vehicle, it can be even more nerve-racking.
0:36.7	Chargers can be hard to find in some places. And if you do find one... What do you mean this
0:41.8	charge is broken? They aren't always working or they may take a long time to top off the battery.
0:47.3	Sorry honey it's gonna be a while longer. But what if that electric car didn't have to go on a hunt for a charging station and could simply change lanes?
0:56.2	Low battery.
0:57.2	Whoops, let's merge over to the top-off lane.
1:01.2	Wirelessly charging an electric vehicle sounds like science fiction,
1:05.0	especially if you think about an EV recharging while in motion.
1:09.0	But the technology that could make that possible actually exists
1:13.6	and is being tested on roads around the world.
1:16.0	You put the coil underneath the road surface,
1:18.2	and then under your vehicle you have a secondary coil.
1:21.1	So that's like your phone.
1:22.0	And everything is totally invisible on the roads.
1:24.9	Stefan Tanger is vice president of US business development at Electrian.
1:29.2	An Israeli company that's working on ways to wirelessly charge electric vehicles as they drive
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