North Carolina State University researchers are on the verge of producing a new concept technology that may revolutionize how we charge electric vehicles.
What are the applications?
This concept transmits power wirelessly from a stationary source to a mobile receiver.
"We've made changes to both the receiver and the transmitter in order to make wireless energy transfer safer and more efficient. Currently, at peak efficiency, the new system can transmit energy at a rate of 0.5 kilowatts (kW) -- our goal is to move from 0.5 kW into the 50 kW range. That would make it more practical." says Dr. Srdjan Lukic, an assistant professor of electrical engineering at NC State.
Applications for this technology are endless – but most important is for highway charging stations that can recharge electric vehicles quickly and wirelessly as the vehicles drive by.
How cool!
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