Nico Pennisi joined WRTV in October 2022.
The section of road will soon be the first-of-its-kind electric charging highway .Crews began working on the project on April 1.“Maybe even four or five years ago this was a foreign thought. This is something that’s very realistic. We see a lot more electric vehicles on the road and this is something that is the crossroads of America here in Indiana... Part of that title is being a leader in innovation," Dollier said.That’s the idea behind Dynamic wireless power transfer technology or DWPT.
As electric vehicles drive over the road, the pavement uses wireless chargers to send power to the car with magnetic fields, eliminating the need to stop. “In our case, at Purdue, the big deal is that we’re able to charge a fully loaded semi-tractor trailer moving at 65 miles per hour," Purdue University researcher John Haddock said.
Benefits of electric vehicles include cheaper maintenance, reduced traffic noise and less harm to the environment. “It’s not a point source for any pollutant. There’s nothing, there’s no carbon monoxide, there’s no co2, there’s nothing coming out of the tailpipe because there’s actually no tailpipe on an electric vehicle," he said.The test bed is about a quarter mile stretch just outside the INDOT sub district office.Drivers can expect lane closures on U.S. 52/231 up until the fall.
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