Probably makes more sense to have them at red lights and parking spots

Just wondering how efficient this is. Wireless charging in phones loses up to 40% of the energry during the transfer. Such inefficiency would be a much bigger problem at the charging levels of cars.

Imagine in the future everyone has forgotten gasoline cars, and they accidentally reinvent them

Norway is on another level

*Smokes blunt * "I wonder if i can charge my phone on the roads..lol"

I can forsee people setting up induction grills on the road.

Nice idea, however what about efficiency? If it's comparable to cable-charging, then this will absolutely become a thing in future otherwise it's pointless. Many countries will already have challenge producing enough electricity for entire EV fleet, so any additional energy losses must be cut out.

Hats off for Norway. Australia need to learn from this. Big Time.

I absolutely was imagining a charging on the go technique, but slightly different as I was not well acquainted with wireless charging. But somewhere in between electric highway and charging station, where moving cars on highway could connect to a cable, get charged on the run and detach when charged and switch to regular lane. This would mean, one lane in the highway to be dedicated for charging only. Such charging supplies could be powered by solar energy through the highway itself.

Well, there goes another invention I had in my head and wanted to invent😅

_This is so true! One of the main reasons I love Norway_ 🇳🇴

Well in Northern Norway where I live they can't even make a fully functional road. This project is a waste of money.

I’m from Norway and I have driven an EV for about 1 year. And in my experience if you can’t charge at home it’s more expensive to drive an EV then a ICE car. Because of the crazy expensive fast charging prices at fortum and others at a minimum of 2,5 a min and a minimum of 10min charging for 70 to 100 km of range. Last time I fast charges I ended up paying 45kr for about 60km (this was on a cold day)

Alternate title: wireless chargers for cars

Wauw, This is amazing. More of this please

Canada also has a wireless charging highway. Im not sure if it's actually active yet but i've been seeing commercials for it since like a year ago.

Before : “we can refuel our cars with petrol” Then: “we plug are cars in a battery to charge them” Now: “ bitch we don’t even have to stop”

What a futuristic idea! I love Norway. I am from Nigeria.

If this existed then I’d be happy to pay the road taxes

One more new thing has been learned thank you very much

Wireless charging is so inefficient, it will be super slow

Wonder how it stands up to snow plows and salt...

It’s such a smart solution to the common headaches of electric vehicle charging - finding a station, waiting to plug in, and killing time while the car charges. Instead, taxis in Norway will just power up while waiting for their next fare, making every minute more efficient. What’s really exciting is thinking about how this could transform the entire vehicle landscape, not just taxis. Norway is setting a stellar example of how practical solutions can lead to massive changes in reducing emissions and promoting sustainability. It makes you wonder what other innovations are on the horizon as we move towards a more electric-powered world. Kudos to Norway for leading the charge - literally!

A good place to start this might be to turn various toll roads into charging roads, that way you can charge as you go and the pass you'd get for said road (EZ pass in US) would probably also help calculate how much electricity you use and charge you accordingly. This would make it a project that would eventually pay for itself.

Simple answer. Yes! Even if it doesn’t amount to much. This paves the way to more innovation. Norway keep doing what you are doing :)

We could be like Norway but our government is to busy insulting each other like primary school kids

I'm from Guernsey, our island is so small you can drive around the whole thing in less than an hour. (The speed limit is 35mph) so the average EV could go round the island multiple times on one charge. Also most of the population have their own driveways for their cars so could easily charge at home. EVs therefore make so much sense here.

There's an innovative company in the UK where they install EV charging outside terraced houses, which have a lock on so only you can use it. That's pretty decent especially as you're connecting using a wired connection and that's more efficient. The cost is around 4K

The government need to be VOTED OUT! Need a complete overhaul!!!

hey, it's one of the most energy-intensive and inefficient methods of charging, but hey, it sounds cool so let's conveniently ignore that. lol

Tech is hitting another level

Laying down the coils on the road doesn't have to be any different from those coils that activate traffic lights in Canada. They also work in the same principle of induction. Simply carving circles could be done in a relatively short amount of time by just modifying already existing road equipment.

im proud so proud to be from norway.

just waiting for rocket charging station

Hello from Pilsen Chicago Illinois !! I want to see this in are state of Illinois !!!! So cool !!! All electric streets !!!!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸

Great innovation improve a public's trust in its authority. These are indeed great innovations. When do we begin to see a reduction in fare prices for customers using bus and taxi services?

Elon Musk will be proud when he hears this

No wonder NIO's Europe strategy starts in Norway.

Nice video thank you

AN EXTREMELY GENIUS IDEA. HOW I WISH PH WILL ALSO ADAPT THIS KIND OF INCREDIBLE SOLUTION OF CLEAN AIR ENVIRONMENT...

Where have I seen this before... oh yeah, "SOLAR! FREAKING! ROADWAYS!"

Imagine how much that’s gonna cost

Awesome. There's gotta be paint that can be applied to roads, and than contrasting paint applied under cars or on tires that can conduct some of this energy need though. Tire friction rubber meeting road likely already supplies heat needed for the rection.

Now that's ambitious

In before Thunderfoot dismantles this.

Now you can drop your iphone on the roads of norway and charge it a bit before picking it back up.

Do lines above the roadway, pole goes up, touches line, electricity and charging battery, it leaves electrified roadway pole retracts and uses the battery. Inspections they can pull how much power was consumed from roadway power and factor that into the yearly fees, which could also maintain the lines.

I would love to see this come into fruition especially in the UK & I would happy purchase a Tesla 😊👍

Great video. would be better with sources cited in description to explore more.

Great waste 50% power because it took time to plug and unplug it. It's not just a waste of money is a waste of time because a wired connection is fare faster. On the other hand we will never going to have a good wireless charger if we won't even try but for the time being some kind of automatic direct charger may be better ( like tesla's )

good work

In Thailand, some makers are going to release their EV in reasonable prices, but the charge stations and traffic are the limitation of this innovation.

The principle of induction is good and it will be interesting to see this develop. The principle could really work well in sunny climates where you could have solar and wind energy sources designed in as a requirement for all new roads.

Norway: "incentivizes electric cars" Other countries: "hey look, money we can charge"

Nice video.

Maybe I missed this, but did it mention if the are autonomous cars? Or driver ones?

Wireless charging isn’t effective

Elon musk: "MY GOD WHAT A GREAT IDEA WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT"

Though I am late in responding, this video presentation is excellent. But, how much electric current is required for 75kW charging point?

Perfect for hilly terrain. Just place them on the uphill side of the road. Newton will charge it on the downhill side.

the further apart the induction coils are, the greater the energy loss

It's the future, Tesla is also electric, my investment in Tesla will get me my perfect ride.

Reminds me of the charging strips from that 1995 SNES game Top Gear 3000.

Wireless charging is highly inefficient, you get only about 50% of the power. What i would suggest is battery stations, place like fuel pump where you could exchange your dead battery for a fully charged one. Saves time and highly efficient.

Induction charging is extremely inefficient and has health safety issues.

Even if we all use electric cars charged on electricity made from non renewable energy, we would be way better than all using petrol cars But everything from renewable energy and materials would be the best by far

Now thats a game changer!

great innovation!

Wireless charging is kind of inefficient and produces more heat, not good for batteries

Norway charging cars using renewable electricity! Meanwhile, almost the entirety of the Norway's national wealth is thanks to their non-renewable gas exports, which they use only a fraction of themselves.

the road doesn't really need to provide enough power to charge - just enough to stop a discharge, as stated in the video " graze charging, between stops " .. every intersection, stop light, morning commute congestion - would immediately charge any vehicle that is slower than cruising speed. great video

Never been a better time to be alive!! 😁😁

Will i be able to charge my phone?🤔

China : we will take it from here.

This is unbelievable

Absolutely this is the best way forward particularly for people who haven't access to garaging. All houses snd estates could be built with induction charging already installed. It is being used in Formula e racing so the technology is available. Whats stopping us?

There should be no double parker in the future if this tech is used.

The idea is not really a great one. It has very little benefits and tons of cons. Pros: - You don't have to plug your vehicle in charger - You can drive & charge at the same time Cons: - Very inefficient compared to charging by cable - Roads are expensive to build - The time your car spends on a strip of road is minimal so lots of roads would need to be rebuild - The total energy output per $ will never be better than charging by cable so pros really need to be good (see inefficency) - Only works in supported places - Pros aren't good since (see down) Chargers get better (Tesla Supercharger V3 peak charging is over 1000 miles per hour) and will exceed your charging needs. Cars get better at charging. Cars get more range. See where this leads? Less charging is needed (range) and charging is faster (charger speed, car charging speed) resulting in a no-need-for-inductive-roads. Inductive charging is mostly a convenience thing - a thing you don't need. "Inductive charging on a road is like reinventing an electric train but doing it more ineffieciently." Charging time might be in future a limiting factor for autonomous cars operating in a taxi fleet but good luck arguing that the roads need to be rebuild when everyone driving their own cars can just charge regularly.

Its a great idea. But main flaw that I find here is induction charging do waste a lot of energy. However, its a step forward and will lead to generate more efficient wireless charging systems

I like this. But, there is one problem imo. The model it is still based on is small vehicles that mostly only one person at the time will use and them again most of its time (90%) the vehicle (car) is just waiting to be used. The first and most important step in transitioning mobility on a sustainable model is strong and efficient mass transportation system (buses, trams, train, subway,etc). Mass transportation will always have the smaller footprint and having this running on renewables energies is a huge step. Sadly some cities are built in the individualistic point of view of the car (mostly in the US, where cities grew and cars were already existing).

4:17 "The country already has the highest rate of electric vehicles in the world" -An old 80s volvo: thafuck did ya say?

Why would you use wireless charging, it's a waste of energy like in smartphones, unless everything is electric so you don't know what to do with extra power

But the major issue might be much lesser efficiency requiring considerable long charging time to charge a battery as huge as that in an electric car.

Best way forward is synthetic diesel and diesel engines. More power and very energy dense.

I’ve been envisioning wireless charging roads for years now. Im glad it’s happening. After all, anything is possible.

Let´s make it an all electric future together 🌱🚗 😊

Easy way, then the full stack: add an induction charger under the asphalt in proximity of cross-light, this will cost very few money. Then u can go to the step 2 and 3 : Car parking place area transformation, and finally road (in order of complexity and investment)

I wonder what will be the health effects in the long run. Every action have a reaction time will tell

Believe it or not, We invented this back in 2002 and showed it to some big leaders. they took our papers and laughed at us. After a while we started seeing these roads popping up here and there :-)

This is dope. Makes me want to buy electric vehicle. If only the US had this tech😪

This is quest interesting. Unfortunately not many go is are foward looking

I was reading about the Paris Agreement and I had an idea. 10 min later I saw my idea in this video. 🙃

"Solar freakin' roadways!" 2: electric boogaloo

imagine heavy rains out there🤣

Ever tried using induction plates on a highway?

I wonder what that does to radio reception?

I from Europe, but we didn't even switched to diesel cars xD

Elon is GOAT but this is something on Another Level!

Nor way! This is crazy!

yes, we do like that our future endeavor must be in this direction. Parking locations, restaurants and similarly all public amenity places should be developed first.