Honda’s New System Gives Electric Vehicles ‘Unlimited Range’
Honda’s New System Gives Electric Vehicles ‘Unlimited Range’
“A new dynamic charging technology could give unlimited range to electric vehicles (EVs).
The term “dynamic charging” refers to a technology that can both supply power and perform charging while driving. The system was created by Honda, who claims that they have already developed a system ready for testing which they plan to demonstrate at WCX 17 SAE World Congress Experience next month…”
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Sigh, never gonna happen. I’ll put the short answer first. It’s a complex, hugely costly solution that’ll take many decades to build a useful network, solving a problem that’ll only exist for less than a decade.
The idea is nice, but it’s totally impractical in terms of cost and maintenance. Here in the UK (and I know most parts of the US) the roads are terrible, truly terrible. They’re covered in potholes, cracks, dropped manhole covers, etc. They’re in that state when the roads are “simple” asphalt, relatively cheap and easy to lay/repair. How on Earth is any kind of decent network of electrification going to be funded or maintained if we can’t even maintain a decent asphalt network?
More importantly perhaps, how long will it take to build? I would take many, many decades to install even a half decent coverage of such a system and the problem there is that in only one decade, possibly just a few years, battery and charging technology will have extended range far enough to make such a continuous charging system unnecessary. What’s the point in beginning to build such a network when in 5 years time we will probably have EVs with a 600 mile range and full charge times of 15 minutes?
Who will use it? OK, Honda vehicles, but no government is going to pay for installation when it’s only Honda using it. It’s only even going to be considered if the majority of car makers agree to use the system, agree to build their cars with the required induction technology and agree to a set of standards. Knowing what we know about car makers, does that sound like something that’ll ever happen? Especially when most are a long way down a long road towards building standard battery vehicles.