WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — For the first time in the U.S., a roadway has wirelessly charged an electric heavy-duty truck driving at highway speeds, demonstrating key technology that could help lower the…

Research in Indiana lays groundwork for highways that recharge EVs of all sizes across the nation

    • reddig33@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 day ago

      They don’t always. I’ve seen plenty of semi trucks hauling these horizontally on the highway similar to how concrete beams are hauled.

    • boonhet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Well, it sorta makes sense in hindsight, it’d be even longer otherwise + this way you can clear lower obstacles on curves… But holy shit does it look like it shouldn’t be possible. I mean they’re super heavy, right? Right?