WEST LAFAYETTE, IN—Indiana calls itself the “Crossroads of America.” Within the next five years, it hopes to electrify a section of one of the interstate highways that traverse the Hoosier State.
Engineers at Purdue University and the Indiana Department of Transportation are developing a way for electric vehicles to wirelessly charge while driving on highways. As a first step in the project, they recently installed a quarter-mile test bed that will evaluate how well a patent-pending system can provide power to heavy-duty electric trucks traveling at highway speeds.