Detroit is now home to the country’s first chunk of road that can wirelessly charge an electric vehicle (EV), whether it’s parked or moving.

Why it matters: Wireless charging on an electrified roadway could remove one of the biggest hassles of owning an EV: the need to stop and plug in regularly.

  • isles@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Japan is the size of the entire east coast and has high speed interconnected rail.

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      11 months ago

      There’s only about 800 cities to connect in all of Japan.

      There’s about 19,000 in the US.

      You prove my point. Japan is small and easy to get everywhere by rail. The US is not.

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        11 months ago

        Yeah, area wise Japan is about 60% the size of Texas. With Japan having more than twice the GDP. Seems pretty straight forward why infrastructure should be better there. Japan has 4x the populous as well. Makes a lot more motivation to focus on public transport.