# 5 Ways Your Electric Car Could Be Continuously Recharged While You Drive | Hard Tech #7

- Show: [Hard Tech Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hard-tech-podcast)
- Published: 2023-06-18
- Length: 52m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hard-tech-podcast/2023-06-18-5-ways-your-electric-car-could-be-continuously-recharged-while-you-drive-hard-te
- Listen: https://rss.com/podcasts/hardtechpodcast/1000463

## Summary

Host Daniel Laporte discusses five methods for continuously recharging electric vehicles while driving: overhead cables, conductive rail charging, inductive road charging, solar roofs, and charging robots. He highlights specific implementations including a German highway project for trucks, Electreon’s inductive technology in Sweden, Lightyear’s solar car, and Zigi robots at DFW Airport. Laporte argues that inductive road charging and solar integration offer the most seamless user experience for mass adoption.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hard-tech-podcast/2023-06-18-5-ways-your-electric-car-could-be-continuously-recharged-while-you-drive-hard-te#t=0) Introduction: The Problem with EV Range and Charging Time
- [10:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hard-tech-podcast/2023-06-18-5-ways-your-electric-car-could-be-continuously-recharged-while-you-drive-hard-te#t=601) Method 1: Overhead Cables and Opportunity Charging (Germany & Sweden)
- [13:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hard-tech-podcast/2023-06-18-5-ways-your-electric-car-could-be-continuously-recharged-while-you-drive-hard-te#t=831) Method 2: Conductive Rail Charging (Elon Road)
- [25:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hard-tech-podcast/2023-06-18-5-ways-your-electric-car-could-be-continuously-recharged-while-you-drive-hard-te#t=1516) Method 3: Inductive Road Charging (Electron Wireless)
- [34:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hard-tech-podcast/2023-06-18-5-ways-your-electric-car-could-be-continuously-recharged-while-you-drive-hard-te#t=2043) Method 4: Solar Roofs (Lightyear and Fisker)
- [40:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hard-tech-podcast/2023-06-18-5-ways-your-electric-car-could-be-continuously-recharged-while-you-drive-hard-te#t=2414) Method 5: Autonomous Charging Robots (Zigi at DFW)
- [46:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hard-tech-podcast/2023-06-18-5-ways-your-electric-car-could-be-continuously-recharged-while-you-drive-hard-te#t=2797) Alternative Concepts: Regenerative Braking and Diesel Generators

## Topics

- [Energy & climate tech](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/energy-and-climate-tech)
- [Batteries & low-power design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/batteries-and-low-power)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Electron Wireless (company)
- Lightyear (company)
- Zigi (product)
- Fisker (company)
- Tesla (company)
- Volvo (company)
- Upcharge (company)
- Elon Road (company)

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- [39. The EV You’ll Never Have To Charge](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-next-byte-podcast/2021-10-12-39-the-ev-youll-never-have-to-charge) (The Next Byte Podcast)
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