Comment on First highway segment in U.S. wirelessly charges electric heavy-duty truck while driving

• reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  They don’t always. I’ve seen plenty of semi trucks hailing these horizontally on the highway similar to how concrete beams are hauled.

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• boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Well, it sorta makes sense in hindsight, it’d be even longer otherwise + this way you can clear lower obstacles on curves… But holy shit does it look like it shouldn’t be possible. I mean they’re super heavy, right? Right?

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  • arty@feddit.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s the carbon fiber which is very light and barely recyclable

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    • boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      … Why did I think they were made of metal lmao

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