Nissan planning to bring wireless charging tech to electric cars

PanARMENIAN.Net - Soon, if Nissan and several other automakers have their way, that day will come, as wireless (inductive) charging systems and smart charging controls will take away that “hands on” obligation—provided you park in designated charging spots, VentureBeat reports.

Electric car owners get to enjoy a certain level of pride in saying that they never have to deal with gas stations and dirty fuel-filler nozzles.

Most of those owners would likely agree that not having to deal with cords and charging ports would be another great step forward, however.

And even further in the future, the idea of going somewhere specific to charge could be a throwback, as your vehicle would charge as you go about your day, in smaller increments, from the street below.

Nissan has been working to develop wireless charging for a number of years, and we’ve sampled some of these systems in the past. The charging-systems supplier Bosch has even provided a wireless-charging system that can be fitted to your garage floor and either the Nissan Leaf or Chevrolet Volt.

Specifically, the automaker is now working on a system of about 7 kW—a power level that could easily allow overnight charging for a larger battery pack, like the 200-mile, 60-kW pack that Nissan is working on, potentially either as a premium option on the Leaf or for another electric vehicle.