One of the biggest challenges EV owners (and considerers) face is charging. How many steps does it take to charge an EV? From 13 steps to 6 steps. Less than half the effort to charge your vehicle. Why wouldn’t you want to charge wirelessly? But, before you take the plunge, let’s find out what it’s…
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A few weeks ago we did a blog post where we interviewed D’Arcee Neal, a disabilities advocate who shared some of his frustrations about dealing with electric vehicle chargers. “Frustrating. Maddening. Disappointing. And painful.” But as you know, seeing is believing. Here is a video of what D’Arcee deals with in the day-to-day charging of…
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Electric bikes and electric scooters pave the way for a cleaner future Today’s cities are straining under the weight of needed infrastructure improvements, traffic jams, increased air pollution, and more. Add tight budgets, over-taxed citizens, and competing priorities, it’s no wonder today’s futurists are striving for a cleaner and more efficient tomorrow. Smart Cities –…
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by Eric Cohen Most people driving EVs approach charging stations and never think about much more than how long it’s going to take to charge their vehicle. Imagine, however, living your life in a wheelchair, wanting to charge your EV, and encountering a picture like this one: How exactly would you get to the charger?…
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By Alex Gruzen, CEO of WiTricity A version of this post originally ran in Automotive News. The U.S. is now rolling out a once-in-a-lifetime level of investment to accelerate EV adoption by funding EV charging infrastructure. But there’s a problem: we’re obsessed with speed and focusing on fast alone isn’t going to cut it. There…
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by Eric Cohen With all the recent articles, podcasts, and social media posts about wireless charging for electric vehicles, it’s exciting to see wireless charging used in other applications. As we discussed in a recent blog post about how wireless charging is being used to fuel industrial applications, wireless is proving to be the charging…
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By Amy Barzdukas When we talk to people about wireless charging for EVs, one of the first things we have to convince them about is that wireless charging is real. With EVs now shipping across Asia with wireless charging installed – and lots of videos demonstrating them (see the Hyundai Genesis GV60, or the FAW…
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By Amy Barzdukas Two of my favorite anecdotes in the world of EVs and autonomous vehicles sound like urban legends. One is about the police department that had an EV — but had to call off a chase because the officer driving it on the prior shift had forgotten to plug it in. The other…
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Getting on the bandwagon to ensure truth prevails … A recent Op-Ed in The Washington Post strongly suggested that EVs are ill-equipped to handle a winter stranding. The facts suggest otherwise. With all the severe weather – from the storm that stopped traffic on I-95 for 24 hours to the 24 inches of snow dumped…
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More than one automobile company has created animated videos demonstrating how cool it would be to autonomously park and charge – here is Hyundai’s vision built on WiTricity’s magnetic resonance wireless charging. Today, there’s no need for animation. As seen in this video, FAW recently showed its HongQi E-HS9 parking and charging autonomously. No driver….
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