Volvo is developing electric roads

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Volvo is developing electric roads
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Electric cars not only already exist, but are becoming quite mainstream. But they're still a bit of a pain: You have to plug the car in for hours at a time to get a full charge.

Imagine if the vehicle could instead be charged by the road as it goes along, the way an electric train is charged by the track.

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John Aziz is the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also an associate editor at Pieria.co.uk. Previously his work has appeared on Business Insider, Zero Hedge, and Noahpinion.