Electrified Road To Wirelessly Charge EVs in Michigan

From this article on inductive EV charging:

Michigan will become the first state in America to deploy inductive vehicle charging technology in roads, in an effort to accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs).

Governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, made the announcement during the opening ceremony of the Motor Bella auto show on Tuesday. The Inductive Vehicle Charging Pilot is a partnership between Michigan’s Department of Transportation (MDOT) and the Office of Future Mobility and Electrification (OFME). It will deploy an electrified roadway system allowing electric cars, buses, shuttles and other vehicles to charge while driving, allowing them to operate continuously without stopping to charge. This will address range anxiety, while turning public roads into safe, sustainable, shared energy platforms.

Advocates for electric transportation do well to push what works, and to point out concepts that have no practical use, like this one.  When EVs have completely replaced internal combustion engines, in, say, 30 – 40 years, one (not two) charging infrastructure will be in place, and it won’t be  inductive vehicle charging built into our roads.

The ubiquity of electricity, faster and more plentiful charging points, and better batteries will render inductive solutions like this irrelevant.

What’s happening here is symbolic, at best.  I would prefer that politicians not engage in high-flown, meaningless rhetoric like “turning public roads into safe, sustainable, shared energy platforms.”