2024-12-23T10:43:46-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150406750/detroit-installs-america-s-first-wireless-ev-charging-track Josh Niland 2023-12-08T12:24:00-05:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b6/b628f4e7d005b17db419208a4b2108af.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Detroit has debuted an EV charging roadway concept from Electreon inside of its new <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/981998/michigan-central-station" target="_blank">Michigan Central Station</a> innovation district they say represents a &ldquo;major milestone in the future of mobility&rdquo; as the first-ever wireless charging roadway in America.</p> <p>The quarter-mile track through the city&rsquo;s Corktown neighborhood was developed by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) after being announced by Governor Gretchen Whitmer in <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150299566/detroit-to-host-first-public-wireless-charging-road-for-electric-vehicles-in-the-u-s" target="_blank">February of 2022</a>. The track will serve as a five-year test pilot for the anticipated boom in EVs that are expected to hit the road in the next decade, cornering about half of the total market by the year 2035.&nbsp;</p> <p>Similar concepts are been developed in Europe by Electreon, which hopes to open the new, eventually one-mile-long Detroit track to the public next year. The installation was also made possible by Ford (backers of the Michigan Central project), <a href="https://archinect.com/jacobs" target="_blank">Jacobs</a>, DTE, KIEWIT, Next Energy, and ROUSH CleanTech.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cd/cdba97f7d530c0409885b3a92b5804be.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cd/cdba97f7d530c0409885b3a92b5804be.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Related on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150299566/detroit-to-host-first-public-wireless-charging-road-for-electric-vehicles-in-the-u-s" target="_blank">Detroit to host first public w...</a></figcaption></figure>