The city of Detroit, in the United States, now has the first public road equipped with induction charging for electric vehicles.
The system has just been installed by the Israeli company Electreon, on a road of about 400 meters, and will be used to test and improve the technology before expanding its use to other roads, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation, quoted by the “Associated Press” agency.
The initial pilot project for induction charging works by using copper coils connected to the electrical grid and installed under the road, allowing electric vehicles equipped with receivers to be charged automatically and without the use of cables as they drive on the road.
In this way, when a vehicle with a receiver approaches the charging segments, the rails under the road transfer electricity through a magnetic field, charging the vehicle’s battery. This system is only activated when a vehicle with a receiver passes over it.
Electreon has already announced that the technology used in Detroit will also be installed on roads in Israel, Sweden, Italy, and Germany, countries with which the company already has contracts for the creation of roads with induction charging.
“This project paves the way for a future of zero-emission mobility, where electric vehicles are the norm, not the exception,” emphasized Stefan Tongur, Vice President of Business Development at Electreon.
