Wireless charging has become very common in the consumer field, and in these years, mobile phones have no wireless charging and do not deserve to be called high-end.
The same is the use of batteries, so can electric vehicles also use wireless charging? In this way, it will not be able to save a lot of wire, but also to a large extent, it can avoid the embarrassing situation of "pile cannot be charged" due to the failure of the charging head.
Recently, Volvo officials said that it is working with partners to test the wireless charging of vehicles in urban use environments to assess the potential of future electric vehicles.
Mats Moberg, head of research and development at Volvo Cars, said: "Experimenting with exciting new technologies in a real-world environment and evaluating them over time for wider rollout in the future, testing new charging technologies with selected partners is a great way to evaluate alternative charging options for our future cars." ”
It is reported that the wireless charging equipment tested by Volvo is provided by supplier Momentum Dynamics, and when the vehicle is parked on the parking space (charging pad), it will be automatically charged, and the driver does not need to get out of the car and wait.
The driver can park the vehicle on the charging pad with the help of a 360-degree panoramic imaging system, and the wireless charging power is almost equivalent to 50 kW DC fast charging, which is 4 times the wired charging power of 11 kW.
According to the official Yue Policy, the Volvo XC40 pure electric taxi with wireless charging function can drive more than 12 hours a day and travel up to 100,000 kilometers per year.
It is worth mentioning that this is also the first durability test of Volvo pure electric vehicles in commercial scenarios.
Earlier last year, Volvo announced the company's electrification strategy, which is expected to achieve full electrification by 2025, when the proportion of pure electric models will reach 50%, and the rest will be hybrid models; in 2030, it will become a pure electric luxury car company, when the company will only sell pure electric vehicles and eliminate all cars equipped with internal combustion engines worldwide, including hybrid vehicles.
Then the wireless charging technology tested this time, once mature and mass-produced, is likely to become Volvo's future moat.