Electric sports car goes 200mi on a 10min charge

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hibikir said:

omgwtfbbq said:
I wonder if it would be possible to charge the cars from electric fields generated at, say, traffic lights. That way electric cars could practically run forever without ever having to plug it in. Of course, you could

Of course while the science is there the question remains of who will pay the bill =)

Sure, it's possible... if you don't have a problem with wasting 99% of the energy used to power such a device, and don't have a problem with people dying due to the humongous magnetic field a current like that would generate.

 

don't know where you studied physics, but transformers work off this principle and they are some of the most efficient electrical devices that exist. Hell, my electric toothbrush is powered in the same fashion. And the electromagnet field generated wouldn't kill anyone, or really hurt at all, I wouldn't like to know what it would do to the electronics in your car though...