Solar Roadways Awarded DOT Contract to Pave Roads with Solar Cells

This technology would

• "produce 3x more power than we've ever used as a nation - almost enough to power the entire world."
• provide safer nighttime driving
• alert drivers of detours, road construction, sense and warn of wildlife on road.
  
• heat roads to prevent snow/ice from building up
• further, in the future, fully electric vehicles could recharge along the roadway and in parking lots, making electric cars practical for long trip posted by Lara Pageler