The inductive-charging road spans a quarter mile on 14th Street, near Michigan Central and the city’s mobility district. The officials overseeing the project called it the “future of roads.”
Specialized coils were laid down beneath the asphalt of the street that can charge vehicles as they travel over it.
It’s the latest example of driving technology that officials had hoped would be created out of Michigan Central’s mobility district.
“If it was easy, it would have already been done,” said Deputy Mayor Todd Bettison.
A Michigan Central van outfitted with a receiver that can wirelessly receive electricity from the road it’s driving on.
Bettison, speaking inside Michigan Central, said the city was in competition with the rest of the world to keep up with the growing electrification of vehicles.
“I want everyone to take time to savor this moment. This is the beginning of the future,” he said.
The announcement came Wednesday morning before Electreon, the manufacturer of the new technology, demonstrated the charging happening in real time.
The company’s vice president of business development in the U.S. referenced the nation’s first paved mile on Woodward when expressing the significance of what is the nation’s first electrified road.
Specialized coils were laid down beneath the asphalt of the street that can charge vehicles as they travel over it. It’s the latest example of driving technology that officials had hoped would be created out of Michigan Central’s mobility district.
“If it was easy, it would have already been done,” said Deputy Mayor Todd Bettison.
A Michigan Central van outfitted with a receiver that can wirelessly receive electricity from the road it’s driving on.
Bettison, speaking inside Michigan Central, said the city was in competition with the rest of the world to keep up with the growing electrification of vehicles.
“I want everyone to take time to savor this moment. This is the beginning of the future,” he said.
The announcement came Wednesday morning before Electreon, the manufacturer of the new technology, demonstrated the charging happening in real time. The company’s vice president of business development in the U.S. referenced the nation’s first paved mile on Woodward when expressing the significance of what is the nation’s first electrified road.
While 14th Street is the first paved road that can charge a road, it’s only a precursor to plans for laying coils along Michigan Avenue.
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