Goodbye petrol stations? Cars could receive charge through their tyres as team manages to send electricity through 12 inches of CONCRETE
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 | 
Author As the fuel revolution begins in earnest and we begin to reduce our dependence on petrol, one key question remains: How do we charge up on the go?
While many electronic refuel stops are now being built alongside roads across the country, a Japanese team of researchers has come up with another method, after demonstrating a way of sending electricity through 12 inches of concrete.
The technological achievement could see cars being recharged through special tyres that could such charge up through the tarmac while on the move.
Powering up: the electricity can be sent from the generators (in the white bases), through six inches of concrete, and then into the tyres. The bulb lights up to show the current passing through
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