Posted on 12/19/2023 3:51:53 PM PST by Libloather
A top Tesla executive has revealed the company is working on wireless charging for its cars during an appearance on Jay Leno's Garage.
While introducing the talk show host to Tesla's new Cybertruck, chief designer Franz von Holzhausen claimed the company was developing charging pads - similar to the technology used to wirelessly charge smartphones.
'We're working on inductive charging - you don't even need to plug something in at that point,' said von Holzhausen. 'Just pull into your garage and drive over the pad and you're charging.'
While wireless car charging is expected to improve convenience for traditional owners, it is also considered important for the rollout of automated taxis, where self-driving cars would ferry around passengers without supervision.
In that scenario, there would be no need for a human or a robot to pick up the charging cable and insert it into the car.
In March, in a slide during a presentation to investors, Tesla showed a mocked-up image of a black pad underneath the rear part of a Tesla parked inside a garage. A black pad is connected by a wire to a unit mounted on the garage wall.
Von Holzhausen described a similar method during his appearance on Leno's show.
In July, Tesla spent $76 million on Wiferion, a German wireless charging startup known for inductive charging for fork lift trucks, among other vehicles.
Another clue as to the what a charging pad might look like - and how it works - can be seen in a video by a company called WiTricity, a company which Wiferion singed a 'global licensing agreement' with in 2022.
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This charging will affect all of us going over the roads.
My state of Michigan under the impossibly evil Democrats is already starting a plan to force this onto us all.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/electreon-detroit-wireless-electric-vehicle-charging/
Correct. But there is electromagnetism. And that does effect electrical devices and maybe even humans.
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