Tesla Would Be Proud: Wireless Charging For Electric Cars Gets Closer To Reality

Posted by timothy on Thursday December 5, 2013 @03:56AM from the get-amped dept.

curtwoodward writes "For some reason, we're still plugging in electric-powered devices like a bunch of savages. But technology developed at MIT could soon make that a thing of the past, at least for hybrid cars. A small Boston-area company, WiTricity, is a key part of Toyota's growing experiment with wireless charging tech---something the world's largest car maker says it will start seriously testing in the U.S., Japan and Europe next year. The system works by converting AC to a higher frequency and voltage and sending it to a receiver that resonates at the same frequency, making it possible to transfer the power safely via magnetic field. Intel and Foxconn are also investors, and you might see them license the tech soon as well."

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Re:I would like to turn my nerd card in by geekoid · 2013-12-05 04:09 · Score: 4, Interesting

I have written several papers through out my life about Tesla. The fact that everyone goes on and on about the stuff Tesla didn't invent and has no clue about the work he actually did is annoying as hell.
The Oatmeal ruined pretty much everything about Tesla.

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Old news for buses by wren337 · 2013-12-05 04:17 · Score: 4, Interesting

Italy has been using this for buses since 2003.
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/08/induction-charged-buses/