In Italy will build a course for charging electric vehicles on the run
Completely new technologies will be available very soon in Europe. After all, then it will be possible to charge your transport without using wires and without even stopping.
So how does it work? Highways for charging electric vehicles operate through a system of copper coils embedded in the asphalt. The energy from these coils is transmitted wirelessly to the vehicle’s battery packs while driving due to magnetic induction — there is no need to stop recharging the electric vehicle. The technology used is Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer (DWPT), a system that sits under the asphalt and charges electric vehicles using magnetic coils. DWPT requires the control unit to be located at the side of the road and the receiver to be installed in the chassis of the plug-in vehicle.
The project itself was developed by the Israeli startup Electreon Wireless, which develops wireless chargers for electric vehicles.
As part of past Electreon tests in Tel Aviv, the company charged the Renault Zoe with 8.5 kW while on the move — charging efficiency reached 91%. At the same time, the engineers noted that 8.5 kW is not the limit and DWPT is capable of increasing the power up to 15 kW if the coils are located closer to the road surface. The startup’s goal is to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles by moving away from standard point-charging infrastructure in favor of a more advanced and convenient charging solution on the move. The system has already been tested in Israel, Germany, and Sweden and will now be tested on a kilometer stretch of road in Italy. If the “charging line” proves to be effective, Electreon will open up rechargeable options for everyone.
Electreon also expects that with the spread of the new charging technology, it will be possible to significantly reduce the cost of electric transport — the deployment of charging roads will simplify the implementation of vehicles with small battery packs, the energy reserve of which will be enough for 60–100 km. This will make them significantly cheaper.
The track itself will be located in the north of Italy between Milan and Bershua, so very soon it will be possible to recharge on this one on eMoped.
