“You would think that all the braniacs out there creating things that need infrastructure would be thinking about that.”
There’s been much talk of building the chargers into or along the highway, so that power coupling occurs while you drive. I bet that’s in Bidet’s Infrastructure bill.
Would charged roads lead to more road kill? Then you could take your pickings to the Tesla restaurant and get it cooked up “your way”. Sounds like a win win win!
Great. Now the interstates will be like driving 70’s slot cars when I was a kid.
Germany is already doing that.
https://www.mobility.siemens.com/global/en/portfolio/road/ehighway.html
Remember this same tech is used on TGV trains that run at 300 mph and draw 15,000 horsepower via 25,000 volt AC there is effectively no limit to the HP of the truck EV.
The Swedes have a cheaper alternative that also would work for light duty vehicles. The ground based track is only energized directly under the vehicle so you cannot be shocked by walking up and touching the slots. Sweden gets tons of snow and rain so they have mastered that challenge already a self clearing slot wiper would be a pretty easy mechanical engineering fix which is likely how they did it. Slots have a long history the first were for trolly cars in the 1890s Washington DC had them as overhead wires for the trollyrail was illegal. Remember the electric motor predated the otto engine by 4 decades and diesels by even more. All mobility at one time was by horse, ox, steam or DC electric motors the petrol engine wouldn’t come along for a generation after that era.
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/electrified-road-sweden-ev-charging/