Britpave calls for the provision of concrete e-roads

Britpave has called for the provision of concrete e-roads that charge electric vehicles as they pass over them. 

E-roads enable vehicle batteries to be charged inductively via wireless systems using magnetic coils installed in the concrete road surface that feed an electric charge to magnetic coils fitted on a vehicle’s undercarriage and so charge the battery.

The inadequacies of the UK electric car charging network were underlined by the Christmas getaway with queues of vehicles...