The first wireless EV-charging road system in the country will be built near Michigan Central Station in Detroit by Israeli startup Electreon, officials announced Tuesday.

The mile-long stretch of public road, which will be designed to wirelessly charge electric vehicles while they are stationary and in motion, is expected to be complete by 2023, according to a news release from the state. Electreon will work with NextEnergy and Jacobs Engineering Group on the project.

The inductive vehicle charging pilot, first announced by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last year at the Motor Bella show in Pontiac, will be funded through $1.9 million from the Michigan Department of Transportation and an unspecified contribution from Electreon.

Electreon declined to say how much it is investing, but the request for proposal for the project required the contract winner to match at least 25 percent of the $1.9 million, said Michele Mueller, senior project manager, connected and automated vehicles, for MDOT.

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