Wireless Inductive Charging Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 02 Oct 2014 01:45:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Electric Vehicle Roadway Testing Track – Utah State University https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-vehicle-roadway-testing-track-utah-state-university-20141001/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-vehicle-roadway-testing-track-utah-state-university-20141001/#respond Thu, 02 Oct 2014 01:45:43 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=49424 Battery electric vehicles, at least in the minds of many firmly affixed to their conventional vehicles, will always have a certain defect – limited range and recharging convenience. Larger battery packs, such as that of the Tesla Model S 85 kWh, have increased range considerably. With 300 miles of range, range anxiety is not such […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/electric-vehicle-roadway-testing-track-utah-state-university-20141001/feed/ 0 49424 Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging to be Developed by BMW and Daimler Partnership https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wireless-electric-vehicle-charging-developed-bmw-daimler-partnership-20140711/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wireless-electric-vehicle-charging-developed-bmw-daimler-partnership-20140711/#respond Fri, 11 Jul 2014 18:50:32 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=48483 Some electric vehicle opponents and newbies have pointed out one obvious *cough* flaw in adopting electric vehicles, that you have to plug it in to recharge it. Really, this isn’t any different than any other portable electronic devices, such as smartphones, laptops, or tablet, except that an electric vehicle, such as the Nissan LEAF, weighs […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wireless-electric-vehicle-charging-developed-bmw-daimler-partnership-20140711/feed/ 0 48483 Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging is On the Move, Literally! https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wireless-electric-vehicle-charging-move-literally-20140422/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wireless-electric-vehicle-charging-move-literally-20140422/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2014 16:18:17 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=47116 Electric vehicles’ single drawback could be solved entirely by one innovation, not simply wireless inductive charging, but embedding these devices in the roadways. Wait, we’ve already seen wireless inductive charging for electric vehicles, even electric buses, with the pads embedded in various spots on the bus route. That makes sense on a bus route, because […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/wireless-electric-vehicle-charging-move-literally-20140422/feed/ 1 47116 Volvo C30 Electric Vehicle Charges in just 150 Minutes, Without a Cord! https://www.greenoptimistic.com/volvo-c30-electric-vehicle-charges-just-150-minutes-without-cord-20131028/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/volvo-c30-electric-vehicle-charges-just-150-minutes-without-cord-20131028/#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:13:24 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=42957 If you read only to the comma, I’m sure you were thinking, “Big deal, Tesla Model S on a Supercharger charges in just 60 minutes!” Wireless inductive charging technology has come a long way and, soon, electric vehicles may never have to recharge by doing something as mundane as plugging in a cord. Wireless charging […]

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