- Honda will begin testing wireless charging on a Japanese highway next year.
- It envisions commercial use at first and sees it as a path to cheaper, lighter EVs with smaller batteries.
- The path to real-world viability is bigger than just one car company.
Car companies have discovered quite a few ways to improve EV range over the years. There's the efficiency route, which produces a 500-mile EV like the Lucid Air. There's aerodynamics and, of course, stuffing a big ol' battery into something like the Chevy Silverado EV.
