A system for wirelessly powering on-road vehicles, the system comprising: a plurality of base stations configured to output an alternating current at a specified frequency; a power line (20, 2030) located beneath a surface of a road and comprising a plurality of independently switched power transmitting segments each comprising at least one pair of coils connected electrically in series to at least one capacitor electrically and via a switch (2440A, 2440B, 2440C) to one of the base stations, forming a switched power transmission inductance circuitry; and at least one vehicle having at least one power receiving segment (15, 2020) having at least two coils and at least one capacitor forming a power receiving inductance circuitry, wherein the power receiving segment (15, 2020) is further configured to act as a communication transmitter and transmit a power requesting signal into the power line (20, 2030), wherein the coils of the power transmitting segment in the power line (20, 2030) are configured to receive said power requesting signal; wherein the base station associated with the coils of the power transmitting segment receiving said power requesting signal is further configured to feed said power transmitting segment with the alternating current at the specified frequency being a resonance frequency of said power transmission and receiving inductance circuitries, responsive to the power requesting signal; and, characterised in that the power requesting signal is detected by a current loop at a switch card (2440A, 2440B, 2440C) associated with the base station, wherein upon detection of a current at the current loop, and subject to network availability and identification of the at least one vehicle, the base station feeds the coils at the power transmitting segment. a plurality of base stations configured to output an alternating current at a specified frequency; a power line (20, 2030) located beneath a surface of a road and comprising a plurality of independently switched power transmitting segments each comprising at least one pair of coils connected electrically in series to at least one capacitor electrically and via a switch (2440A, 2440B, 2440C) to one of the base stations, forming a switched power transmission inductance circuitry; and at least one vehicle having at least one power receiving segment (15, 2020) having at least two coils and at least one capacitor forming a power receiving inductance circuitry, wherein the power receiving segment (15, 2020) is further configured to act as a communication transmitter and transmit a power requesting signal into the power line (20, 2030), wherein the coils of the power transmitting segment in the power line (20, 2030) are configured to receive said power requesting signal; wherein the base station associated with the coils of the power transmitting segment receiving said power requesting signal is further configured to feed said power transmitting segment with the alternating current at the specified frequency being a resonance frequency of said power transmission and receiving inductance circuitries, responsive to the power requesting signal; and, characterised in that the power requesting signal is detected by a current loop at a switch card (2440A, 2440B, 2440C) associated with the base station, wherein upon detection of a current at the current loop, and subject to network availability and identification of the at least one vehicle, the base station feeds the coils at the power transmitting segment.