Plugless Power Station will juice up electric cars wirelessly
Our cellphones, notebooks et al, have had their taste of wireless charging; now the future of transportation, electric cars could have their bit with the Evatran’s Plugless Power Station. As the name suggests, Plugless Power electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) visions to juice up electric cars all wirelessly, sans any plugs. Reveled at Plug-In 2010 conference in San Jose, California, the electric vehicle charger employees proximity charging to power the cars with invisible fuel.
The Evatran’s Plugless Power Station system works by attaching a shoebox size adapter to the car and another block to the parking space with control tower. When the car is brought close to the fixed parking block, an electrical current flowing into the parking block from the power grid is transferred wirelessly to the adaptor in the car, thus charging the battery of the car.
Not everything comes all full proof and Plugless Power isn’t flawless too. The electric charger is thought to be 90% effective, but we can still pass it because it’s only early days for Evatran’s kid. It’s reported that the first version of the Plugless Power would use cord and will be released in December for $3,000 price tag, while a wireless version of the charger will be made available in April next year for another $800 upgrade.
Via: AutoblogGreen/FastCompany
