Smart roads to power the cars of tomorrow
We always hear of smart cars and smart buildings — able to garner/create/give their own energy back to the system — though one important piece of daily life isn’t talked about as often. Roadways are obviously something we’re not going to get away from anytime soon. Until we all start flying or levitating away, our feet or wheels are going to have to touch the ground at some point. Since we’re spending so much time connected to this piece of earth, why not make it more efficient and useful?
An in-ground electrical rail system originally developed in California has made it’s way across the deep blue to Seoul, South Korea. It is there that the technology was implemented in the trams running throughout a local amusement park, ferrying customers to and fro in a much cleaner looking fashion — since the in-road system does away with overhead electrical lines and all. The Online Electric Vehicle system (OLEV) is able to pull energy from the embedded rail lines as well as simply charge when not in use.
Basically it’s like a subway system for above ground people. Nothing too revolutionary though still cool. If only more transportation ran on such things, think of how much cleaner, easier, and more efficient such transportation would be.
Author: Mike Norris
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