WiTricity and Prodrive Technologies to develop 11 kW EV wireless charging system for European carmaker’s 2019 planned introduction
20 September 2016
Wireless power transfer company WiTricity is collaborating with Prodrive Technologies, a Tier-1 supplier of power electronics and sensors, to design a high-performance 11 kW wireless charging system. The two companies were selected to design the system by a leading European carmaker that plans to release its first wirelessly-charged vehicles in 2019.
WiTricity will provide its foundational magnetic resonance intellectual property, complete reference designs and consulting services to the project. Based on the WiTricity designs, Prodrive will develop and industrialize an automotive mass market system and implement the automaker’s specific requirements.
Prodrive has deep experience in the technology, engineering practices and highly automated manufacturing processes needed to supply power electronics on a Tier 1 basis to automakers. By incorporating WiTricity technology, the resulting Prodrive system will be capable of charge rates up to 11kW at high efficiency, comparable to the efficiency of today’s wired charging systems. Energy transfer up to 22kW for automotive is also being researched.
Prodrive will deliver an end-to-end system, including the components that are integrated with the vehicle to capture the wireless power, and the garage floor-mounted charging pad and wall box that serves as the source of the wireless power.
WiTricity is working with major automakers and Tier 1 suppliers such as Prodrive to bring wireless EV charging to a commercial reality, with the first wirelessly charged vehicles set to be released in 2017. The company is helping to drive international standards efforts through its leadership and participation in industry groups including the SAE (Global), IEC/ISO (Global), DKE (Germany) and CATARC (China).
This is a step in the right direction. By 2020/2022 a very high percentage of PHEVs/BEVs will be equipped with wireless charging option.
ADVs/BEVs will find and go to proper position for most efficient charges. The home charging facilities will be equipped with delays or wait for command from e-suppliers to start charging at lower rates.
Posted by: HarveyD | 20 September 2016 at 09:03 AM