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Google Working On Wireless Charging For Self-Driving Cars (inhabitat.com)

Posted by yaelk on from the ready-set-go dept.

MikeChino writes: New FCC filings suggest that Google is currently installing wireless charging systems for self-driving cars at its headquarters in Mountain View. The documents suggest that the systems will be installed by Hevo Power and Momentum Dynamics. Both companies offer technology that can wirelessly charge an electric car via plates that are embedded in the ground.

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  1. Hey, didn't you know? by Viol8 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Something hasn't been invented until someone in america re-invents it and pretends its an original and unique idea worthy of a patent at the not-at-all-partisan US Patent Office.