In South Korea, developed a "electrified road"
The South Korean city of Gumi, located in the southern part of the country, began testing "electrified roads" that allow city buses on electric motors to recharge their batteries while driving on such roads. New electricity system was developed at the Korean Institute of KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), which said that the development will be tested in the coming four months in the 24-kilometer stretch of road in the city.
According to engineers, the new product is a system of non-contact transfer electricity for OLEV or Onlinew Electric Vehicle. This bus just moved down the road and on a special magnetic field on elektrodoroge he sent an electric charge placed in the storage system. Eletrosnabzheniya the city bus system is free to decide whether to use the charge for the bus or pass it to the battery.
System developers say that when driving on the roads of electrified battery electric vehicles are spending about 80% less than on normal roads. In addition, these roads can save electric trucks from having to wired charging. However, the new system does not differ cheapness - he bus and system for wireless charging stand 700 million Korean won or 630,000 dollars.
"Technology itself is ready, until the problem is the price. We are working hard to reduce its cost. I am convinced that after reducing the cost of a large number of cities interested in our development, "- says Pak Yong Han, the manager of the manufacturer OLEV.
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