Inductive (Wireless/Plugless) Electric Vehicle Charging

Inductive EV charging certainly has its place. Suppose you have a fleet of buses that do nothing but take people from your hotel to the airport and vice versa, with dedicated short-term parking spaces at both ends. Having stationary charging pads at these locations makes all the sense in the world.

This happens to be the strategy of my colleague Andrew Daga and the other good people at Momentum Dynamics, FWIW.  They’ve developed proprietary inductive power transmission technologies to transmit electricity to provide a wireless connection to the electrical grid. Momentum’s products significantly improve the range and performance of electric vehicles and electrically powered equipment.  I wish them all the success in the world.

Outside of this scenario, however, it gets dicey.

Some believe the future could contain inductive charging strips in our roadways. The benefit: EV batteries can be much smaller, which would be good for the environment as well as the pocketbook of the owner. The downside: prohibitive cost. Check out the video linked above.