Researchers at the University of Tokyo and University of Chiba as well as staff from 9 supporting businesses (including tire giant Bridgestone) are working on this test project together. Well, we’re not at widespread deployment yet, as it’s still early days for this potentially competitive version of the tech. We’re now at the point where the “smart city” Kashiwa-no-ha (near Tokyo) is installing wireless EV charging infrastructure under roads at popular intersections so that EV drivers will be able to charge up automatically when they are out and about sitting at red lights. My, how the tech has changed! Wireless EV charging has, rather quietly, gotten faster and faster and faster, and more and more efficient. After all, how useful is 6 kW wireless charging? Debates about the future of the technology often included the assumption that wireless charging would always be quite an inefficient, low-power charging option - and the question was whether wireless charging would have any role in the EV future or not. Wireless EV charging was little more than a science project or futurist fantasy a decade ago. Then, from China, we’ve got news of Li Auto’s next giant vehicle, the Li Mega, and its ridiculously high charging rates. From Japan, we’ve got news of a wireless EV charging project in the “smart city” Kashiwa-no-ha that could bring wireless charging to the next level. Or follow us on Google News!Ī couple of big EV charging stories just popped up across the globe from the United States. Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email.
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