New technology installed beneath Detroit street can charge electric vehicles as they drive

New technology installed beneath Detroit street can charge electric vehicles as they drive

Crews have installed what’s billed as the nation’s first wireless-charging public roadway for electric vehicles beneath a street just west of downtown Detroit.

Electric road in Detroit can wirelessly charge EVs as they drive

A public road in Detroit is able to wirelessly charge electric vehicle batteries as they drive over the asphalt – but how? NBC News’ Maggie Vespa shares the technology behind the electric avenue.

New technology installed beneath Detroit street can charge electric vehicles as they drive

Crews have installed what's billed as the nation's first wireless-charging public roadway for electric vehicles beneath a street just west of downtown Detroit. Copper inductive charging coils allow vehicles equipped with receivers to charge up their batteries while driving, idling or parking above the coils. The quarter-mile segment of 14th…

Detroit's newest road can charge electric cars as they travel on it

This Detroit street can charge EVs as they drive

Crews have installed what’s billed as the first wireless-charging public roadway in the U.S. for electric vehicles. It’s beneath a street just west of downtown Detroit.

Detroit road charges electric vehicles while they’re driving, a first in U.S.

It cost $1.9 million to install the coils on the section of street near downtown Detroit.