System, Method, and Apparatus for Powering Vehicles

A method of providing power to a vehicle while the vehicle is on a roadway, the method comprising:

• detecting when the vehicle is in proximity to a first road-based conductor and a second road-based conductor;
• responsive to detecting that the vehicle is in proximity, raising the first road-based conductor and the second road-based conductor to extend above a surface of the roadway and delivering a voltage across the first road-based conductor and the second road-based conductor;
• receiving one pole of the voltage by a first conductive surface of a first wheel of the vehicle, the first conductive surface being in electrical contact with the first road-based conductor;
• and
• receiving a second pole of the voltage by a second conductive surface of a second wheel of the vehicle, the second conductive surface being in electrical contact with the second road-based conductor.

A system or powering vehicles on a roadway, the system comprising:

• the roadway having a first road-based conductor and a second road-based conductor that are parallel, a source of electricity and a controller;
• a first set of electromechanical mechanisms electrically controlled by the controller, the first set of electromechanical mechanisms are coupled to a corresponding one of the first road-based conductor and the second road-based conductor, and the first set of electromechanical mechanisms move the first road-based conductor and the second road-based conductor vertically with respect to the roadway, deploying or retracting the first road-based conductor and the second road-based conductor;
• a first wheel of the vehicle comprising a first conductive surface and a second wheel of the vehicle comprising a second conductive surface;
• and
• a vehicle detection sensor is operatively interfaced to the controller such that upon detection of the vehicle by the vehicle detection sensor, the controller electrically operates the first set of electromechanical mechanisms to deploy the first road-based conductor and the second road-based conductor;
• and the controller connects the source of the electricity across the first road-based conductor and the second road-based conductor, thereby providing the electricity to the vehicle through the first conductive surface and the second conductive surface;
• and when the vehicle detection sensor signals an absence of the vehicle, the controller electrically operates the first set of electromechanical mechanisms to retract the first road-based conductor and the second road-based conductor;
• and the controller disconnects the source of the electricity from the first road-based conductor and the second road-based conductor.