This project is part of a pilot program in collaboration with Electrion, a company developing a system that could charge electric vehicles while they are moving.
Most catalysts out there are powered by burning fossil fuels, but what if you came up with an electrified process that could use wind or solar energy and put that into the catalyst?
It's one of the greatest unappreciated stories of our time: the incredibly rapid improvements in battery technology that will form the foundation of an electrified world as we wean ourselves off fossil fuels.
We're thinking about long-term electrified roadways, where the power that's being transferred from the roadway to the vehicle is enough to keep the battery of a heavy-duty truck at the same level.
There is a movement to power buildings, vehicles and manufacturing operations with clean electricity. Some people hope to " electrify everything. " But doing so would require more copper.
We'll need to electrify cars, switch buildings heated by natural gas furnaces to electric heat pumps, and electrify the huge amount of heat used in industrial processes.
More will be required in coming decades, to meet the need for widespread electrification brought about by the transition to less carbon-intensive economies.