1) The point is really that highway driving won’t deplete your batteries. That will extend the range and mean time between recharging tremendously.

2) In 10 years no one will pay by magnetic stripe credit card. We’ll all be using smart cards or smart phones to pay.

3) It is a resonant charger. So unless your grandma has coils in her pacemaker of the same size and shape (about a foot?) she will be safe.

4) Not a great loss.

5) It isn’t clear that this would have to be done. You might do only one lane. And it isn’t clear how far spaced these might need to be.
If one can transfer energy at high rate then one could pulse the energy to the car for temporary storage in a supercap (to be bled into the battery over time). This would mean a longer distance between installation.

6) No, one could simply charge people driving electric cars… The cars would have a RFID chip and as they get charge they would get charged….

So in the end not a crazy idea.. you just have to think it through…

I can’t remember the size of the solar system he finally installed but he did INSTALL something to get SOME of public off his back. I believe he also installed a Ground Source Heat Pump system which also helped reduce his homes energy consumption.

However, he was still criticized for installing such a small solar system and some individuals commented it only provided a few percent of his electrical needs. It’s not that he couldn’t afford more solar, he just doesn’t see that as a priority I guess. You know how the old story goes – do as I say – not as I do.

I will give him 10 points for trying but will subtract 100 for the way he lives. He is not someone I hold up as an example of a great American to my grandchildren.

I worked in the Quality Engineering field for over 25 years. In that field you deal with thousands of standards that result in things that work well and are uniform and consistent You know stuff like nuts, bolts, electrical power outlet voltages and even automotive car standards like tire sizes.

THIS INDUCTIVE CHARGING STORY IS A BIG DEAL TO ME. We have men who are experts when is comes to automotive design and others who don’t know where to add oil to an engine. We have women who can build and race Indy cars and others who would never risk breaking a nail to plug in an electric car. For a smooth transition to a society built on electric vehicles we need to make the USE OF ELECTRIC vehicles as SIMPLE as possible. Inductive changing will be one of the MAJOR technologies that will allow that to happen.

If I drive my electric car into my garage it should start charging WITHOUT me taking ANY action. If I can drive a gasoline powered car for a week or two without stopping for fuel, WHY would I even CONSIDER buying an electric car that I have to plug in every day? Why complicate my life further by trying to remember if I plugged in the car or not. What if I forgot and the next day I couldn’t take it to work. Nope – no electric car for me.

If my wife goes to a grocery store shouldn’t she just be able to drive into a parking stall and have the vehicle start charging? If you think my wife is going to open the charging door on the car; drag out a dirty old charging cable and go plug it into some pedestal after having her nails done; you might want to reconsider your understanding of your significant other, LOL.

We must STANDARDIZE inductive charging systems SOON for all vehicles sold in the U.S. It shouldn’t make any difference if I drive a Volt, Leaf, Cadillac or BMW; they should ALL have their inductive charging plates in the same location.

That’s my story – what do you think?