Eco Factor: Wireless charger for electric vehicles.
Evatran has unveiled their new wireless charger for electric cars at the Plug-In 2010 conference in San Jose, California. The next-generation charger makes use of proximity charging technology to power car with electrons beamed from the car-sized Powermat.
Electricity transmitted by the Powermat is received by a shoebox-sized device mounted to the undercarriage of the vehicle, which magnetically detects the position of the Powermat. The device is currently 80 percent efficient while firing energy across a 2-inch gap, but the developers are hoping to make the production version 90 percent efficient.
Via: GizmoWatch/Engadget
