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idownvoted | 4 years ago

Sorry for the snark, but inductive charging is never [1] going to happen.

If there's one constant in all of infrastructure history, it is that the utility of a new infrastructure is determined by beating the already existing one. Even taxpayer pockets can't fix that.

Imagine tearing up all roads, installing chargers underneath for hundreds of miles, from equipment that is very likely to break earlier than thought and is very expensive to repair (blocking the road, dangerous for repair-workers, tearing up road again), works in a very inefficient manner, as every single charging unit is going on and off very quickly (a lot of wear and tear) and is still likely to sit idle >60% of the day.

[1] not in our lifetimes

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