Purdue, INDOT and partners break ground on highway test bed to develop wireless charging for electric vehicles
The Indiana Department of Transportation, Cummins, White Construction, and Purdue ceremoniously broke ground May 1 for a highway segment where Purdue engineers will test a system they designed to wirelessly provide power to a heavy-duty electric truck traveling at highway speeds.
Pictured from left are Mike Smith, Indiana Department of Transportation commissioner; Tim Frazier, vice president of research and technology at Cummins Inc.; Bill Lang, vice president of White Construction; Nadia Gkritza, Purdue professor of civil engineering and agricultural and biological engineering; Arvind Raman, John A. Edwardson dean of Purdue’s College of Engineering; and Purdue President Mung Chiang.
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