Dynamic Wireless Charging of Autonomous Vehicles ©ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/CHESKY_W By Giuseppe Guidi, Anastasios M. Lekkas, Jon Eivind Stranden, and Jon Are Suul Small-scale demonstration of inductive power transfer as an enabling technology for self-sufficient energy supply. ECENT DEVELOPMENTS TOWARD SELFdriving cars combined with technology for wireless inductive power transfer can enable electric vehicles that are fully autonomous with respect to operation and energy requirements. Furthermore, technology for wireless opportunity charging and dynamic on-road inductive power transfer can facilitate autonomous electric vehicles with unlimited driving range. This article discusses the technological progress toward self-driving vehicles and the R Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MELE.2019.2962888 Date of current version: 4 March 2020 2325-5897/20©2020IEEE potential capability for an autonomous energy supply enabled by dynamic on-road wireless power transfer. To illustrate the potential of such solutions in the electrification of road transportation, a small-scale model of an electric truck is built by adapting a 1:14-scale replica. The model facilitates transparent and easily accessible demonstration of the technology's operating principles and the main functionality of dynamic wireless charging as well as basic self-driving capabilities. A brief discussion of how the technology scales for such a small-size, low-cost model and what parts of the system can be realistically studied is included. Results showing an example of basic path-tracking functionality of the IEEE Elec trific ation Magazine / MARCH 2 0 2 0 37http://www.ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/CHESKY_W