WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — For the first time in the U.S., a roadway has wirelessly charged an electric heavy-duty truck driving at highway speeds, demonstrating key technology that could help lower the…
Research in Indiana lays groundwork for highways that recharge EVs of all sizes across the nation
Well, it sorta makes sense in hindsight, it’d be even longer otherwise + this way you can clear lower obstacles on curves… But holy shit does it look like it shouldn’t be possible. I mean they’re super heavy, right? Right?
But highways are regularly utilized to transport oversized loads.
Wtf is wrong with that image?
Nothing? The turbine blade is sticking up just like it appears.
___Oh wow. Didn’t know they would transport them semi-upright.
They don’t always. I’ve seen plenty of semi trucks hauling these horizontally on the highway similar to how concrete beams are hauled.
Well, it sorta makes sense in hindsight, it’d be even longer otherwise + this way you can clear lower obstacles on curves… But holy shit does it look like it shouldn’t be possible. I mean they’re super heavy, right? Right?
It’s the carbon fiber which is very light and barely recyclable
… Why did I think they were made of metal lmao
It’s a huge rigid structure which has to be light. I also thought of steel before I learned about carbon fiber.