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Re:Inductive charging highway section to be built in Florida by m463 on Monday May 08, 2023 @04:39PM (#35866772)
Thinking about this:

- I'll bet inductive charging is bad for emi and pacemakers

- most private electric vehicles will go 300+ miles on a charge, charging doesn't matter to them.

- this might be ok-ish for long-haul trucks, but I'll bet solar panels might work there too (53' x 8' ~ 7kw for solar panels in full sun)

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Re:Inductive charging highway section to be built in Florida by DropPanda on Monday May 08, 2023 @08:15PM (#35868679)
A heavy truck uses in the order of magnitude of 100 kW of continuous power for propulsion at highway speeds. Solar panels on the truck can extend range by around 10%, but increase weight, capital and maintenance cost. When trucks are parked, it’s often dark outside.
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Re:Inductive charging highway section to be built in Florida by m463 on Monday May 08, 2023 @09:50PM (#35869311)
hmmm.. I checked the numbers and you are right.

telsa semi says is less than 2kwh per mile, so

  2kw*hr/mi * 65 mi/hr -> 130kw
maybe solar panels on trailers would be good for refrigeration, even when parked/dropped, but yeah not too helpful for motive power.
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