As electric vehicles continue to proliferate worldwide, the next step is to build charging into the roads that they drive, and several pilot projects are underway to show how it can be done. Not only will this support the expansion of electric vehicles, but it also shows promise for reducing carbon emissions into the atmosphere from heavy vehicles.

The first experiment of this kind in the US is about to happen. Ford Motor Co. is working with Israeli startup Electreon to build a mile-long road near Detroit’s Michigan Central Terminal that will charge electric vehicles as they travel on it. (Time called this the best invention of 2021.)