Engineering students who predict battery technology is on the way out for electric buses have researched an inductive power transfer and designed a frame which would allow buses to quickly charge from a power grid and hold that charge for much longer periods of time. This technology is considerably kinder to the environment than vehicles powered by internal combustion engines.
![Andy Bonner and Michael Murphy display the Smart Cart team's research](https://i0.wp.com/blog.utc.edu/news/files/2009/04/engineering-showcase-09-011.jpg?resize=350%2C234&ssl=1)
The Smart Cart team included Andrew Bonner, Matt Chatham-Tombs, William Dawson, Benjamin Gordon, Nathan Holland, Walter Hooper, Amir Malekzadeh, Michael Murphy and Eric Young.
“With ultra capacity, we can fully charge a bus in less than one minute and discharge that power over several hours. Theoretically, the bus could run indefinitely,” said Michael Murphy.
Read more about this group’s work at http://www.utc.edu/Academic/EngineeringProjects/SmartCart/UTCEngineeringProjects-Technologies.php