Indianapolis,
U.S.A.
The Indiana
Department of Transportation (INDOT) and Purdue University plan to jointly
develop the world’s first contactless wireless-charging concrete pavement
highway segment.
The project will
include three phases and is expected to begin later this summer. It will use
innovative magnetizable concrete, developed by German start-up Magment GmbH,
enabling wireless charging of electric vehicles as they drive.
The project is part
of the Advancing Sustainability through Power Infrastructure for Road
Electrification (ASPIRE) Initiative, an Engineering Research Center funded by
NSF, the National Science Foundation, and involves the collaboration of
universities, government laboratories, businesses, and other stakeholders
developing next-generation charging technologies for the electrification of
Transportation vehicles of all classes.
Phases 1 and 2 of
the projects will feature pavement testing, analysis, and optimization research
conducted by the Joint Transportation Research Program (JTRP) at Purdue’s West
Lafayette campus.
In phase 3, INDOT
will construct a quarter-mile-long testbed at a location yet to be determined,
where engineers will test the innovative concrete’s capacity to charge heavy
trucks operation at high power (200 kilowatts and above).
Upon successful
completion of testing of all three phases, INDOT will use the new technology to
electrify a yet to be determined segment of interstate highway within Indiana.
Mauricio Esguerra, CEO, Magment GmbH said that, the project is a step forward towards the future of dynamic wireless charging and will set the standard for affordable, sustainable and efficient transportation electrification.
Source: The Lafayette Leader
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