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"Drive-by charging on the cards for electric trucks
By Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Updated February 22 2024 - 2:10pm, first published 2:03pm
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An Australian project will attempt to recharge heavy-duty electric trucks as they drive along roads. (Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson/AAP PHOTOS)
A world-first project will attempt to recharge heavy-duty electric trucks as they drive along roads in regional Australia, in a development researchers say could help accelerate adoption of low-emission transport.

The $8.2 million project could also be used to wirelessly recharge passenger cars in future, they say, addressing range anxiety and demand for public charging stations.

The project, led by Swinburne University of Technology, received a $3 million government grant towards developing a prototype of the technology, which could be operational within three years.

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The university's New Energy Technology Research Group lead Professor Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian said the technology would be a first for Australia and, when successful, the prototype would be the first in the world to top up the batteries of trucks and buses on the move."
https://www.theleader.com.au/story/...trucks/#:~:text=Drive-by charging,on the move.