‘Electrified roadways’: Coils hidden in streets could charge your electric vehicle while you drive

On-highway wireless vehicle charging coils are being developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory with Research Lead, Vehicle and Mobility Systems, Burak Ozpineci.

The future of electric vehicle power could soon be right under your nose. Actually your feet.

By the summer of 2023, about a mile of street near downtown Detroit is expected to contain inductive charging coils, the first step in a program aimed at addressing some of the biggest challenges facing electric vehicle adoption: cost, weight, range and power generation capacity.

Rachel Turner