ChargePoint CEO Pasquale Romano shared his thoughts this Summer on why the gas station business model doesn’t fit with the future of electric cars. The EV charging infrastructure of today is far from perfect, but the electrification of gas stations, or following their model for plug-in vehicles is not the solution. Stats: ChargePoint doubled…
1 week ago by Mark Kane 92Comments
The ability to factory order wireless charging on the BMW 530e iPerformance is fast approaching, and with that, the German company has gotten a job on educating its customers on how it works. The 530e will guide the driver to park over the primary coil on the ground, and as…
3 weeks ago by Mark Kane 30Comments
Howard County, Maryland is one of the rare cities in the U.S. where passengers ride in not only electric buses, but wirelessly charged electric buses. A new 50 kW charging system has been installed by Momentum Dynamics at The Mall in Columbia for three 35-foot (32-seat) electric buses purchased from BYD. For now this…
2 months ago by Mark Kane 27Comments
Here is a little more detail about the 20 kW wireless dynamic charging project that Qualcomm and Renault (among 23 other partners) conducted in France last month. The 100 meter long test track consists of four 25 meter stubs, that are powered according to the needs of the charge vehicle (or vehicles)…
As technological breakthroughs go, this one is remarkable only for its very lack of drama. Silent, near invisible, impossible to touch, taste, or smell, Dynamic Electric Vehicle Charging (DEVC) nonetheless represents another dramatic technological leap for EV technology, one which may lead to ‘electrified highways’ becoming the norm within decades….
5 months ago by Anthony Rowlinson 50Comments
BMW has announced wireless charging will be added as an option for the 2018 model year 530e iPerformance plug-in hybrid (test drive report here). The 3.2 kW wireless system will be integrated with the 530e’s on-board infotainment system to show the charger’s alignment on the screen. The conventional system of charging for the 530e…
5 months ago by Mark Kane 14Comments
The Antelope Valley Transit Authority (AVTA) has become the first transit provider in North America to have an all-electric, 60-foot articulated electric bus in its fleet, supplied by BYD. It’s the production version of the prototype shown some two years ago, with a ~547 kWh battery and has an expected real…
5 months ago by Mark Kane 29Comments
Evatran is celebrating 1 million charge hours of Plugless wireless charging systems operation across North America (and some worldwide) . The industry first million was achieved after three years of sales, beginning in 2014. Initially, the company offered only 3.3 kW systems for the Chevy Volt and Nissan LEAF, but that…
The 4th International Electric Vehicle Expo, which was held in March in South Korea, brings a few important conclusions made on the state (and future) of wireless charging technology, and autonomous driving. The main consideration is that autonomous electric vehicles are interdependent with wireless charging. For the future of truly…
6 months ago by Mark Kane 14Comments
Patents for electric drive vehicles continue to be filed and approved at a frantic pace. Here’s our latest look at some recent electric vehicle patents, and we think that you’re gonna like more than one of these technologies in your 2020 Leaf or Bolt (ahem wireless charging ahem). Or, well,…
7 months ago by Sebastian Blanco 12Comments
Toshiba has wrapped up a 12-month test of electric buses equipped with its SCiB batteries, and 44 kW wireless charging system. And as it turns out, medium-size EV buses have potential of reduction of CO2 emissions by up to 60%. The shorter, small-bus was rated at an 40% improvement. The tests were carried…
7 months ago by Mark Kane 24Comments
Integrated Infrastructure Solutions GmbH (INTIS) in partnership with CHAdeMO member THD, has developed a 30 kW wireless charging system using the CHAdeMO standard in existing electric cars. Specifically: two Nissan LEAFs and a, Citroën Berlingo BEV Typically we have seen wireless charging systems that were using the cars on-board charger, which was…
7 months ago by Mark Kane 20Comments
