While many countries, including the US, are planning huge rollouts of charging stations for electric vehicles, and arguing about where and how to deploy them, a New Zealand company has launched the first wireless electric car charging system.
So, can electric cars be charged wirelessly? The Voxy website announced on October 29, 2010 that HaloIPT has created a new, IPT (Inductive Power Transfer) charging system, capable of charging vehicles whether they are parked or moving. The wireless electric car charger system can be configured to power all types of road-based vehicles from cars to delivery trucks and buses.
Vehicles are fitted with receiver pads that automatically charge the vehicle whenever they are parked over or drive over transmitter pads located in the ground. The transmitters are designed to function beneath asphalt, submerged in water or covered with snow and ice. In the future, the plan is to have the charging pads embedded in the road surface, so vehicles can be charged on the move.
This revolutionary technology is expected to help relieve the “range anxiety” many people feel when considering all-electric vehicles, and reduce the size (and cost) of electric vehicle batteries.
The wireless electric car charger system is being tested in London at this time, and the first vehicle powered by the HaloIPT technology will remain on display there until the end of November 2010.
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