Porsche demonstrates inductive EV charging at IAA

(newsroom.porsche.com)

Comments

calmbonsai 2 minutes ago
This is an absolute waste of weight and nothing more than a presser tech demonstrator.

Given induction's fundamental (physics) limitations, there's zero chance this will make it into a production vehicle.

The energy storage requirements and practical charging speed of a car are not remotely the same as for a portable electronic device such as a phone.

Human passenger EV charging will always be through a direct cable connection.

If you want something even faster, just do an automated physical battery swap and design the car's physical safety envelope and grounding systems around this additional access affordance.

bdcravens 1 hour ago
While it's neat, it's not that fast (same speed as a 60A Level 2 charger). The advancement we really need is hot swappable (and affordable) spares.
Havoc 2 hours ago
I thought induction has big losses and heat generation?