<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Very interesting. Hard to imagine but that doesn’t mean much these days. <br><br><div dir="ltr">SR Ballard</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 11, 2021, at 10:13 PM, John Grigg via extropy-chat <extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:proxima-nova,sans-serif;font-size:20px;line-height:26px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px"><span lang="en-GB" style="box-sizing:border-box">"Installing the system is also not cheap at roughly $5 million per mile, but </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/business/electric-trucks-catenary-wire.html?mc_cid=2f1e5283b7&mc_eid=17e73a80fc" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(237,102,41);text-decoration-line:none"><span lang="en-GB" style="box-sizing:border-box">according to the</span> <em style="box-sizing:border-box"><span lang="en-GB" style="box-sizing:border-box">New York Times</span></em></a><em style="box-sizing:border-box"><span lang="en-GB" style="box-sizing:border-box">,</span></em><span lang="en-GB" style="box-sizing:border-box"> the German government thinks it may still be cheaper than having to switch to trucks powered by hydrogen fuel cells or large enough batteries to enable long-haul deliveries. The country’s transport ministry is currently comparing the three approaches before making a decision about which to support.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:proxima-nova,sans-serif;font-size:20px;line-height:26px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px"><span lang="en-GB" style="box-sizing:border-box">Even if the economics make sense, rolling out road charging infrastructure will be an enormous effort, and it could take decades before every highway can help top your car up. But if the technology keeps progressing, it could one day make empty tanks a thing of the past."</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:proxima-nova,sans-serif;font-size:20px;line-height:26px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:26px"><span lang="en-GB" style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://singularityhub.com/2021/08/09/magnetizable-concrete-in-roads-could-charge-electric-cars-while-you-drive/">https://singularityhub.com/2021/08/09/magnetizable-concrete-in-roads-could-charge-electric-cars-while-you-drive/</a><br></span></p></div>
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