Tesla is looking to acquire wireless charging startup

electrek.co

19 points·shallowbay··10 comments

Isn’t there major energy loss from wireless transmission? It’s negligible when charging a phone but it seems like a big problem for EVs.

there are existing successful deployments of wireless charging for city buses

Interesting. I guess I'm just curious if they accept the losses or have figured out a way to make it much more efficient.

Excellent point.

A solution in search of a problem.

The top comment in the article makes the good point that this is great for L2 charging in public spaces, for those who cannot charge at home. Wireless charging removes most of the risk of theft, vandalism, and accidental breakage.

> Tesla has previously talked about automating the task in order to be ready for self-driving technology. If the cars could drive themselves, it would make sense for them to be able to charge themselves without a human needing to plug them in.

As someone who has been using FSD Beta for a few years: LOL

One killer app for this technology is solar panel interconnections.

If you can build tech to enable rooftop solar installation without having to install a bunch of wiring/drill holes in a roof there is a pathway to dramatically lowering the cost/complexity of solar.

I don’t really consider inductive charging to be wireless charging since you’re still tethered to the pad and often times that pad has a wire

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