France has come up with the most innovative way of charging electric vehicles: a 1.5 km-long highway that can charge EVs as they drive. The wireless charging highway is located at the outskirts of Paris near the A10 motorway, and can charge multiple buses, cars, and heavy-duty trucks in motion.

According to Gustave Eiffel University’s independent labs, the highway is designed to deliver a continuous power of more than 200 kW, which can peak to 300 kW- the same amount delivered by Tesla’s V3 Supercharger.

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How does the charging work?

The self-charging highway is packed with copper coils underneath the asphalt on the road, which generates a magnetic field and transfers power to the vehicles through special receivers. The process is similar to the energy transfer of a magnetic power bank on the back of an iPhone that supports wireless charging. The highway will still work in heavy rain, ice, or snow, as the system uses a magnetic field to charge the vehicles.