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Wireless Charging Tech Adopted By Ford, Chrysler, and Toyota Goes Open Source

Posted by timothy on from the cautious-optimism dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The in-vehicle wireless charging technology adopted by Ford, Chrysler, Dodge, RAM, and Toyota has been released to the public domain without royalties or licenses. This technology that you probably never heard of before is in 12 vehicles; more vehicles than all the other wireless charging standards combined. The open standard web page shows schematics, app notes, and certification information to get companies to make compatible wireless charging products.

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  1. Oh lord... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ultimate Safety: No electromagnetic fields to fear. Zero risk of cancer!

    Holy shit I facepalmed.

  2. Not Wireless by Cytotoxic · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is not exactly wireless... It is not "hard wired' in that you don't plug in a cable. The technology uses a system of electric strips of alternating polarity and a pattern of contact pickups on the device to connect to the strips. It is cool, and should be much better than wireless in terms of efficiency.