Genius idea to boost electric cars

UK firm, char.gy, is trialling on street inductive charging for electric cars. The company already has an extensive network of lamp post charging points, but wants to improve charging options for electric car owners that don’t have off-street parking.Europe is streets ahead of Australia and the US in its electric car infrastructure. Many European cities such as London have dedicated Ultra Low Emissions Zones (ULEZ), which charge drivers of non-electrified vehicles a fee to enter. This is trying to incentivise drivers to switch to electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.Many European countries are planning to ban the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles in the next two decades.This means that every owner needs to have access to an affordable charging point even if they don’t have a space to park their car at home.Char.gy plans to integrate charging infrastructure into the road surface to make touch-free charging possible. All drivers need to do is park their vehicle over the charge plate.This works in the same way your smartphone can be charged without wires on a charging pad.There is one catch, electric vehicles would need to have an induction charging pad retrofitted or the vehicle needs to have one built into the vehicle by the manufacturer. Car makers currently do not fit their vehicles with an induction charging pad.One benefit of the technology is the absence of charging cables removes trip hazards for pedestrians and allows less mobile, elderly or disabled drivers to avoid navigating kerb drops between road and pavement in order to plug in cumbersome charging cables.The trial will start in Marlow, west of London, and expand to seven other locations.Char.gy hasn’t revealed how quickly the induction charging will transfer energy, but its lamp post charging points enable 7.7kWh of charge. This means it’ll take about 10 hours to charge the 2021 News Corp Car of the Year winning Hyundai Ioniq 5’s 72.6kWh battery.Several years ago BMW trialled wireless charging.In this instance owners could have an induction device installed at their home and have a factory fitted, fully integrated induction pad attached to the bottom of their vehicle.The induction pad created a magnetic field and energy was transferred over a distance of eight centimetres. It could transfer 3.2kWh, which would take more than 22 hours to charge Hyundai Ioniq 5. The average plug-in home wallbox charger offered by most makers charges at about 11kWh.

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UK firm, char.gy, is trialling on street inductive charging for electric cars. The company already has an extensive network of lamp post charging points, but wants to improve charging options for electric car owners that don’t have off-street parking.Europe is streets ahead of Australia and the US in its electric car infrastructure. Many European cities such as London have dedicated Ultra Low Emissions Zones (ULEZ), which charge drivers of non-electrified vehicles a fee to enter. This is trying to incentivise drivers to switch to electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.Many European countries are planning to ban the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles in the next two decades.This means that every owner needs to have access to an affordable charging point even if they don’t have a space to park their car at home.Char.gy plans to integrate charging infrastructure into the road surface to make touch-free charging possible. All drivers need to do is park their vehicle over the charge plate.This works in the same way your smartphone can be charged without wires on a charging pad.There is one catch, electric vehicles would need to have an induction charging pad retrofitted or the vehicle needs to have one built into the vehicle by the manufacturer. Car makers currently do not fit their vehicles with an induction charging pad.One benefit of the technology is the absence of charging cables removes trip hazards for pedestrians and allows less mobile, elderly or disabled drivers to avoid navigating kerb drops between road and pavement in order to plug in cumbersome charging cables.The trial will start in Marlow, west of London, and expand to seven other locations.Char.gy hasn’t revealed how quickly the induction charging will transfer energy, but its lamp post charging points enable 7.7kWh of charge. This means it’ll take about 10 hours to charge the 2021 News Corp Car of the Year winning Hyundai Ioniq 5’s 72.6kWh battery.Several years ago BMW trialled wireless charging.In this instance owners could have an induction device installed at their home and have a factory fitted, fully integrated induction pad attached to the bottom of their vehicle.The induction pad created a magnetic field and energy was transferred over a distance of eight centimetres. It could transfer 3.2kWh, which would take more than 22 hours to charge Hyundai Ioniq 5. The average plug-in home wallbox charger offered by most makers charges at about 11kWh.