In the future, electric cars could be charged inductively while driving.
A test track in northern Bavaria is intended to help bring the technology to series maturity.
If you are traveling with an electric car, you currently have to plan longer stops for charging.
Perhaps this problem could soon be a thing of the past and the Stromer could be charged inductively like the smartphone and while driving.
In northern Bavaria, this is now to be tested on a section of the motorway.
The test track for inductive charging of electric cars and trucks is being planned by researchers from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg.
The aim of the project is to "establish a standard for the manufacture of the coils and their installation in the street," said team leader Alexander Kühl from the Chair of Factory Automation in Erlangen.
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Researchers want to test the inductive charging of electric cars while driving on a motorway in northern Bavaria.
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It will still be some time before the technology finds its way onto the streets.
The one-kilometer test track is scheduled to go into operation in mid-2025.
There is no location yet, the highway administration will determine this later - depending on where the road surface has to be renewed anyway.
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But how exactly does the inductive charging of electric cars on the motorway work?
The principle is quite simple: coils in the lining then generate a magnetic field that generates voltage via a counter-coil in the vehicle and can soon transmit up to 125 kilowatts of power.
Drivers saved long charging times, and trucks could use smaller, lighter batteries, said Kühl.
Electric car: test track to bring inductive charging to series production
Together with the partners VIA IMC, Autobahn GmbH, Electreon, Risomat and the TH Nuremberg, the chair wants to bring the technology to series production.
The consortium has planned investments of eight million euros for the project.
It is funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection.
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And the manufacturers are already working flat out on the inductive charging of electric cars.
Stellantis has successfully tested the technology on the "Arena del Futuro" race track together with project partners.
And Volkswagen is also working on a solution to charge the Stromer wirelessly.
(With material from the dpa)
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