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Old 05-28-2021, 08:54 AM   #3
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Re: Electric cars and trucks range

To Carbuilder's point, you can look at how regenerative braking in electric and hybrid vehicles works. It uses the drag due to charging to slow the vehicle.

It seems to me there was a concept of installing wireless chargers in highway roadbeds years ago for charging electric and hybrid vehicles, but I would imagine the expense to install, maintain, and supply the power were cost-prohibitive, not to mention technical challenges such as making the transfer of energy efficient enough that it offsets the losses due to conversion. Although in the rust belt maybe they could incorporate a heating device in such a system that would also melt snow and ice, saving some on the cost of salt and sand each year.

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