BBC News - Wirelessly charged electric buses set for Milton Keynes
The top-up charge mechanism looks pretty neat. The buses get about 10 minutes top-up charge (they call it a wireless 'resonance' charge) at each end of the route, throughout the day 18 hour workday. Conventional wired charging, at the depot, is used for the remaining 6 hours.
Electric buses which their developers say can run all day are set to begin service.
A fleet of eight new electric vehicles will operate along a busy route in Milton Keynes from late January.
The buses can run for longer by virtue of a wireless booster charge they receive at the start and end of the route from plates in the road.
The buses are the first of their kind to operate in the UK.
The top-up charge mechanism looks pretty neat. The buses get about 10 minutes top-up charge (they call it a wireless 'resonance' charge) at each end of the route, throughout the day 18 hour workday. Conventional wired charging, at the depot, is used for the remaining 6 hours.