France launches its first electric highway

France is preparing to test an innovative “electric highway”, allowing electric vehicles to recharge their batteries directly while driving. The system, already successfully tested on public roads in Sweden, is completely undetectable to drivers, uses advanced magnetic induction coils installed roughly ten centimeters beneath the pavement along the lane. With a 200-kilowatt capacity, vehicles could recharge up to 50% of their battery in just about 10 minutes of driving on this specialized lane.

A pilot project is set to begin in 2025 along a two-kilometer segment of the A10 motorway southwest of Paris.