Brilliant. Love it.
Brilliant. Love it.
I think this actually solves even more problems than you mentioned in the article. The ability for wireless charging roads to identify the vehicle that is being charged seems like a simple problem compared to some of the other hurdles it would take to implement something like this. If the roads can identify the vehicles that are charging, then municipalities and states can tax the hell out of EVs, eliminating the "we have to raise taxes bc gas tax just isn't making enough anymore with so many more efficient vehicles on the road" problem. The government doesn't even have to implement this. The electric company can collect the taxes. You weren't completely serious about just printing more money to fund this were you? Bc yeah, the fed does that, but it's a very bad idea for a number of reasons. More importantly though, this is a local and state problem, and local governments can't just print money. Here in Utah our legislature is constitutionally required to balance the state budget every year. But charging for charging ;-) just needs to be implemented like any other utility. The electric company already has some infrastructure there anyway. Your idea here also makes traffic enforcement easier. I realize there are some privacy issues that need to be worked out here, but preventing bad guys from being able to flee simply by cutting off charging ability to a particular vehicle is a pretty compelling argument. Especially when you consider that a good number of fatal crashes each year result from police chases.