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Old 08-12-2023, 05:54 PM
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When? When will the infrastructure be able to handle the increased load?
Where will the add electricity come from?
You see light poles or buildings with lights along roads? The base for the electrical infrastructure is already there!!

They are expirementing now by mixing cement and carbon black (materials that have been around for thousands of years) and incorporating it into a roadway. The mixture can hold and transfer electricity. Vehicles could be charged while moving.
MIT engineers create an energy-storing supercapacitor from ancient materials | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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