Many cities around the world encourage the transition to battery-powered vehicles to
minimize the emissions of greenhouse gases. The standard plug-in electric vehicles have a
limited amount of power stored in the battery resulting in frequent stops to refill the power.
Wireless charging is an innovation of transmitting power through electromagnetic
induction to portable electrical devices for energy renewal.
Online Electric Vehicle (OLEV) is a new technology that allows the vehicle to be charged
while it is in motion, thus removing the need to stop at a charging station. Developed by
the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), OLEV picks up
electricity from power transmitters buried underground.
This paper investigating bus routes to determine the optimum study area for planning out
the costs of deploying a pilot service network by comparing the cost of initial investment
for the three types of wireless charging: Stationary Wireless Charging (SWC), Quasi-
Dynamic Wireless Charging (QWC), and Dynamic Wireless Charging (DWC), using
OLEV technology for a bus service transit in the borough of Manhattan (MN) in New
York City (NYC).
