UK Set To Trial Electric Car That Charges On The Go

[super jumbe]

Highways England announced plans to trial ?charging lanes? which will be installed under roads to replicate a motorway-like surface

We?ve all experienced that feeling of total panic when your petrol levels slip into the red during a long journey.

But that could soon be a thing of past, after trials began for electric cars that can charge the vehicles while you?re driving.

Last week, Highways England announced plans to trial ?charging lanes? which will be installed under roads to replicate a motorway-like surface.

The cables will then be able to generate electro-magnetic fields ? which can be picked up by wireless chargers fitted inside the vehicle, and converted into electricity.

Announcing the ?500 million plans for the technology, transport minister Andrew Jones said: ?the government is already committing ?500 million over the next five years to keep Britain at the forefront of this technology.?



?Vehicle technologies are advancing at an ever increasing pace and we?re committed to supporting the growth of ultra-low emissions vehicles on England?s motorways and major A roads.

?The off-road trials of wireless power technology will help to create a more sustainable road network for England and open up new opportunities for businesses that transport goods across the country.?

But while the trials will be the first of their kind in the UK, the technology was pioneered in South Korea, where a 7.5-mile stretch of road charges electric buses as they drive.

[Meat-Head]

Tawts why spend all that money on one section of road, how stupid, hope it burns out

[super jumbe]

GREAT****We are going giant green!!! What runs the power grid?

[DOUGALMCD]

Cant repair the roads we have now and I wonder if they'll put a few humps in to help them charge.

[ifred]

only barely works on my electric toothbrush!
What with the cordless charging phone burst into flames we can only hope the top 1% try them out first

[gmb45]

load of pish, they should spend the money on something better like repairing the roads, but should hav plenty of money to splash about after robbing averge joe bloggs for the last 5 years.

[Meat-Head]

On topic:/

eill this slow car down, like drag?

[Meat-Head]

AFTERTHOUGHT :-

will it stop jerry and his pacemaker working, or affect people with that thingy fault where they can sense electrify

[GastonJ]

Free power for so called traveler camps when they park at the side of the road.

On another note the UK is short on electricity generated, it was only last year that the companies were warning of brownouts and that they only had 2% capacity left. I take it that the government are looking at doing this and having teh power companies drop some surcharge on domestic payers again to allow the energy companies to supply roads as well. It'll also be used as justification for fracking, "we need the oil to power the cking motorway grid" Usual sh*t, one minute we have no spare electricity capacity, the next we're going to chuck it down like no tomorrow. Electricity generation uses fossil fuels so won't be green, we'll have to tax it and the next ck it let's just use as much as we can.

Useless barstewards in government have obviously been offered money to to this......

[Meat-Head]

Only heard in passing gaston on radio, SONETHING about
we have too much power abd cutting solar cell input

[GastonJ]

By cutting the amount, or using it for roads, they'll then allow energy companies to raise the price to consumers "because there isn't enough... " and other green excuses.

I remember one of the previous governments policies was to get people to use trains and buses more, so increased road tax/fuel tax etc to drive people to use public transport. The next words from train and bus companies was "well we'll have to charge more during peak times because we don't have the capacity"..... any cking excuse to charge more, and the government helps them do it !!!