Evatran, USA Virginia state company, has unveiled their EV wireless charging stations. What every plug in hybrid needs, a way for the driver to not have to worry about where and how to plug in their cars. The "Plugless Power station" is a floor-mounted parking block that will automatically align itself with a an adapter mounted to the front of the EV. Through induction between the block and car mounted adapter, a charging circuit is completed. This is exactly like the Powermat or HP/Palm's Touchstone charging adapters. However, inducing current flow over such a distance come with a certain amount of loss. Currently Evatran's efficiency is at 80%, but Evatran plans to bump it up to 90% by the time production run models leave the assembly line.
Field testing, beta testing, has been underway since 2010. First run production models likely to ship in April 2011. The price for a unit will be $3,800 plus $500 for installation and adapter. There will be $2000 incentive in tax breaks. Can there be a price on park and forget on EVs?
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