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Charge While Driving -El Assist

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vfx

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... the charging solution termed as 'El-Assist,' or Spanish for "the assist", this autonomous vehicle would ride around cities with overhanging power wires while recharging electric cars.

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/74697/20101022/eel-assist-vladimir-abramov-electric-cars.htm
 
San Francisco has had electric busses with overhead power lines for years.
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There was a (joke) mocked-up photo done a couple years back showing a Roadster with the mechanism to connect to the same powerlines.