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☆ Some electric vehicles can charge while they drive thanks to special coils installed under a street in Detroit
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A street in Detroit, Michigan has newly installed induction charging coils. The coils charge some electric vehicles when they're parked, driving, or idling. AdvertisementCrews have installed what's billed as the nation's first wireless-charging public roadway for electric vehicles beneath a street just west of downtown Detroit. Copper inductive charging coils allow vehicles equipped with receivers to charge up their batteries while driving, idling, or parking above the coils. The wireless-charging roadway helps puts Michigan and Detroit at the forefront of electric vehicle technology, officials said.

Persons: —, Crews, Gretchen Whitmer, Stefan Tongur, Tongur, Electreon, Biden, Bradley C, Wieferich Organizations: Service, Michigan Department of Transportation, Michigan Central Innovation District, Ford Motor Co, Michigan Central, Michigan Gov, Smart, Department of Transportation Locations: Detroit , Michigan, Detroit, Israel, Sweden, Italy, Germany, Michigan, United States

☆ How electrified roads could help fix America's electric vehicle charging problem
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Liam Mays | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Electric vehicles are taking up an increasing percentage of the overall auto market share every year — rising from 4% in 2020 to 14% last year. Among the holdouts, a lack of charging infrastructure seems to be one of consumers' most common reasons for not switching from gas to electric vehicles. But now, electric road projects are appearing across the world as a potential solution to supplement static charging, allowing EV drivers to wirelessly charge their cars while they drive. Israel-based Electreon is one wireless EV charging provider with many pilot projects and case studies in operation in Sweden, Norway and Italy, among others. Electreon is also taking part in the first electric road project in the U.S. in Detroit, which is expected to be constructed within the next year.

Persons: Stefan Tongur, Electreon, Michele Mueller Organizations: EV, CNBC, Swedish Transport Administration, Michigan Department of Transportation Locations: Electreon, Israel, Sweden, Norway, Italy, Visby, U.S, Detroit

☆ A Michigan city stopped people from repainting a Black Lives Matter street mural, claiming it posed 'traffic safety concerns'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Volunteers can't repaint a Black Lives Matter mural on a main street in Flint, city officials said. But the state's transportation department said they aren't preventing the project. Edwards did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, nor did the Flint chapter of Black Lives Matter. However, a spokesperson from the Michigan Department of Transportation denied Edwards' claim that the department would shut down the street, The Flint Journal reported. Black Lives Matter murals across the state have previously been vandalized.

Persons: Martin Luther King, Clyde Edwards, Edwards, Jocelyn Garza, Garza, It's Organizations: Service, Martin Luther King Avenue, Flint Journal, Michigan Department of Transportation, MLK Locations: Flint, Wall, Silicon, Flint , Michigan

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Organizers with Stop TxDOT I-45 said expanding in the area would hurt the predominantly Black and Latino communities along the stretch. Kendra London joined Stop TxDOT I-45 three years ago when she learned of the state’s plans to expand the highway. Stop TxDOT I-45 and Allendale Strong are two of more than 70 groups across the country that comprise the Freeway Fighters Network, a coalition of groups advocating for the dismantling of harmful highways and urging city leaders not to expand highways or build new ones. “We hadn’t actually stopped building new highways that still harm communities, predominantly communities of color. “We should be thinking about long-term repair,” Hood said, highlighting the Black communities affected by the highway.

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