By Futurist Thomas Frey
The Question Nobody Expected Florida to Answer First
A 4.4-mile stretch of highway in Central Florida will do something no American road has ever done: charge electric vehicles while they drive. State Road 516, connecting Lake and Orange counties, will embed inductive charging coils beneath the pavement, wirelessly transferring up to 200 kilowatts to compatible vehicles at highway speeds. Construction begins this spring. Partial opening expected by 2027. Full operation by 2029.
This isn’t a gimmick. It’s the opening move in infrastructure’s biggest transformation since the Interstate Highway System. And it forces an uncomfortable question: once roads become energy delivery systems, what else changes? How quickly does this spread? And what happens when autonomous vehicles that never stop driving meet highways that never stop charging?
Let me walk you through the forces driving this shift, where it leads in an autonomous era, and why this becomes national infrastructure faster than anyone expects.
Continue reading… “The Road That Powers Your Car: Why Florida’s Charging Highway Is Just the Beginning”
