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And the funny thing is China's already picked up the dropped torches elsewhere; Xiaomi's going to be launching a robotic arm for your garage by the end of this year to plug in for you. Tesla gave up on their charging tentacle, but, wellp.

https://carnewschina.com/2026/06/13/xiaomi-unveils-home-char...

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Porsche’s induction charging strategy seems a lot smarter and much more reliable than a robot arm.

It's all in the execution. Tesla's been working on them for awhile, but apparently they haven't found tech they think is ready yet. There's actually a chunk of empty space on cybertrucks where the induction receiver was designed to go, but it didn't make it in time. Tesla bought a german wireless charging company a couple years ago (then sold it off, keeping some employees/tech).

I don’t know. I’ve stopped using my wireless phone charger because it’s spotty. Sometimes it charges. Sometimes it doesn’t (or barely charges). Sometimes it wakes me up at night because it’s glitching in between charging and noncharging states and my phone feels the need to beep and wake me up.

I’ve seen similar issues with multiple watch chargers. “Oh, it didn’t charge overnight again.”

I’m not as sold on wireless charging as I once was.

It's also more energy-wasteful. Yes, it's efficient enough to be useful, but you will pay for the convenience.

Wall-E future here we come. Soon the people loader that lifts you from your sofa and plops you into the seat!

I think of this / feel this way when I ride my onewheel instead of walking

We are talking about a car. Something already designed for convenience

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