Honda will test wireless EV charging on 300 metres of motorway in 2027

Honda will test wireless charging built into a 300-metre stretch of Japanese motorway from next year, delivering up to 150 kW to vehicles moving at 120 km/h, aimed first at commercial vehicles. France, Germany and Sweden have been running or planning electric roads since 2022, and the French A10 project already delivers more than 200 kW to a truck, a bus and a car simultaneously.

Honda will beam 150 kW into moving vehicles on 300 metres of Japanese motorway from next year. France is already doing it at more than 200 kW on the A10. The hard part was never the technology.

Honda’s research arm developed the system with the construction firm Taisei and will install it on a stretch of road in Chiba prefecture outside Tokyo, as InsideEVs reported. It delivers up to 150 kW to vehicles travelling at 120 km/h. The first test is aimed at commercial...

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