Electric cars could use induction to charge anywhere, when parked and on the corresponding routes while driving.
Stuttgart, Lathen The concrete track, which protrudes from the fields in Emsland, looks as if a Transrapid would rush past again. The old screens are still in the control center of the old test track of the magnetic levitation train, and the logbook is ready for use on the table. The last journey of the Transrapid in November 2011 is noted there.
Despite decades of development and billions spent on research, this cutting-edge technology did not establish itself on the market. And yet there is a lot of activity on the route today. In the main hall in Lathen, where the Transrapid used to be serviced and charged, 20 engineers, technicians and other experts – many of them from the Transrapid workforce – are working on a project: wireless charging of electric cars.
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