will put a wireless EV charging system through its paces as part of a program to test alternative charging options. A small fleet of electric Volvo XC40 Recharge cars will be used as taxis in Gothenburg, Sweden in a three-year pilot.
The cars are equipped with a wireless charging system from Momentum Dynamics. Charging pads will be embedded in the ground at two taxi ranks. Volvo will use 360-degree cameras to help drivers put the cars in the correct position and when they're in the right spot, the taxis' batteries will automatically topped up. An image shared by Momentum Dynamics showed an EV charging at a rate of 41kW.
The EVs will be on the road for more than 12 hours a day and are expected to be driven for upwards of 100,000 km per year. Volvo says this is the first durability test of its electric EVs in a commercial setting. Momentum Dynamics has alsoThe concept of building charging tech into roads is
SWEET!!!
What is the point of all this? Will it ever be installed at a high enough volume to be worth investing in? Would need to install millions of stations and be included on all cars for it to ever be useful.
Always thought this would be a great alternative but imagine infrastructure cost could be very high
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