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A Motorway In France Will Charge Your Car As You Drive

A pilot project will test 2 electric charging systems, turning a 4km stretch near Paris into an e-motorway. One system features wireless induction pads embedded in the tarmac. Which charge a battery coil beneath the car. The other will charge vehicles through an electric rail on the road surface.

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