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Detroit is now home to the country's first chunk of road that can wirelessly charge an electric vehicle (EV), whether it's parked or moving.

Why it matters: Wireless charging on an electrified roadway could remove one of the biggest hassles of owning an EV: the need to stop and plug in regularly.

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[–] SquishyPandaDev@yiffit.net 115 points 1 year ago (70 children)

Americans will literally do anything to not build trains

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I would love to have both. Especially trains! The trains here are so bad though. They cost more than flying and are such a hassle to deal with. The train stations are sometimes far away from the city in some cases too. So you need a ride from the station.

I would support building that out if it was offered.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The roads are there. They ain't moving skyscrapers in major cities! For better or worse, American travel is very road-based, and we'll never have as many diverse options as some other countries...

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Or just build trains. Which move tons of people, every day, for cheaper, safer, faster and overall more efficient ways. Don't have space for a train track? Make it a tram. Problem solved by changing up a road for cars into a road for cars and trains.

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