When multiple Solar Road Panels™ are interconnected, the intelligent Solar Roadway™ is formed. These panels replace current driveways, parking lots, and all road systems, be they interstate highways, state routes, downtown streets, residential streets, or even plain dirt or gravel country roads. Panels can also be used in amusement parks, raceways, bike paths, parking garage rooftops, remote military locations, etc. Any home or business connected to the Solar Roadway™ (via a Solar Road Panel™ driveway or parking lot) receives the power and data signals that the Solar Roadway™ provides.
The Solar Roadway™ becomes an intelligent, self-healing, decentralized (secure) power grid.
This would allow the east coast to power the west coast during the first three hours of the day when the west coast is still dark. Conversely, the west coast would power the east coast during the last three hours of the day when the east coast was dark.
Imagine a world-wide system where the "lit" half of the world is always powering the "dark" half of the world!
Everyone has power. No more power shortages, no more roaming power outages, no more need to burn coal (50% of greenhouse gases). Less need for fossil fuels and less dependency upon foreign oil. Much less pollution.
How about this for a long term advantage: an electric road allows all-electric vehicles to recharge anywhere: rest stops, parking lots, etc. They would then have the same range as a gasoline-powered vehicle. Internal combustion engines would become obsolete. Our dependency on oil would come to an abrupt end. It's time to upgrade our infrastructure - roads and power grid - to the 21st century.