What do you think about this electric transportation idea?
A different type of electric car may be gaining some ground in Korea.
According to an article in CIO by Moon Ihlwan, titled “Korea's On-the-Go Electric-Car Experiment,” 55 scientists and engineers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), a top technology university, are working on designs for a shuttle service at a Seoul amusement park where vehicles will be driven with power transferred by magnetic induction from cables buried underground.
Ihlwan writes that auto companies around the world are touting plug-in hybrid and all-electric vehicles but in South Korea, researchers are working on an experimental alternative they say could revolutionize the way vehicles will be powered.
“The shuttle service will be the first time the technology will be used for public transportation,” Ihlwan wrote. “Under the university's plan, electricity-powered cars don't need to be equipped with heavy and bulky batteries that are too expensive for most consumers. That's because electric cars will be continuously charged while running on roads embedded with power strips.”
Link:
http://www.energyboom.com/transportation/koreans-may-have-new-type-electric-car-questions-remain