The ¾-mile segment will allow electric shuttles and buses to charge while driving.
“California’s first wireless charging roadway is coming to UCLA thanks to a state grant that will help support electric transit projects at the university,” according to an article by Iman Palm in KTLA. “The project follows the deployment of the nation’s first public electric vehicle-charging roadway, which launched in November 2023 in Detroit, Michigan.” A similar project is underway in Indiana.
The school’s Events and Transportation program will install inductive charging coils on a 3/4-mile section of roadway on campus, which will allow electric passenger shuttles and buses to charge wirelessly.
“The grant will also support building a new transit hub between the UCLA bus depot and the planned UCLA/Westwood station. The hub will directly connect with L.A. Metro’s D Line light rail extension, the first direct rail connection from downtown Los Angeles to Beverly Hills, Century City, and Westwood,” Palm adds.
The transit hub is expected to be completed before Los Angeles hosts the 2028 Summer Olympics. Part of the grant will support electrifying UCLA’s Bruin Bus fleet.
FULL STORY: California’s first wireless charging roadway is coming to UCLA
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