The Indiana Department of Transportation and Purdue University will develop the world’s first contactless wireless-charging concrete highway segment to recharge vehicles while they drive, according to March 27 announcements from the university and the transit agency. German startup Management GmbH developed a specialized magnetizable concrete that will help produce the charge. Phases 1 and 2 of the project, which kicked off construction on April 1, will feature pavement testing, analysis and optimization research conducted by the Joint Transportation Research Program at Purdue’s West Lafayette campus. In phase 3, the state DOT will build a quarter-mile-long testbed where engineers will test the concrete’s capacity to charge heavy trucks at 200 kilowatts and above. DC fast chargers that vehicles plug into in parking lots and rest areas usually operate within a range of 50 to 350 kilowatts, according to U.S. DOT.https://www.utilitydive.com/news/indiana-highway-charge-electric-vehicle-concrete/712286/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202024-0404%20Utility%20Dive%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:60753%5D&utm_term=Utility%20Dive (ICE LOS ANGELES)

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