TO Gothenburg wireless charging for electric vehicles has arrived. The is testing it Volvo brandfor the first time in a realistic urban context, to evaluate its potential before attempting its introduction on a larger scale.
To be precise Cabonline, the leading taxi company in the Nordic region, will use a small fleet of fully electric Volvo XC40 Recharge, charging them wirelessly at the Swedish city’s charging stations. The test is expected to last for a period of three years. The wireless charging project is one of the interventions envisaged by the strategic initiative that goes by the name of Gothenburg Green City Zone. This plan provides for the use of designated areas within the city as real test beds for the development of sustainable technologies. Overall, the Volvo cars will be used for more than 12 hours per day and will drive 100,000km per year, making this experiment also the first endurance test of all-electric Volvos in commercial use.
The charging stations used for the test are provided by Momentum Dynamics. How does it work? Charging begins automatically when a compatible vehicle parks on a recessed charging platform in the pavement. The charging station transfers the energy through the charging platform, which is detected by a receiver unit in the car. To make it easier to align the car with the charging plate, Volvo uses its 360-degree camera system. For fully electric XC40 Recharge cars, the wireless charging power will be greater than 40kW, ensuring a charging time four times that of an 11kW AC wired charger and nearly equal to that of a wired fast charger from 50 kW CC.
“Gothenburg Green City Zone allows us to experiment with interesting new technologies in a real context and to evaluate in the long term their possible wider use in the future. Testing new charging technologies together with selected partners is a great way to evaluate alternative charging solutions for our future models“Said Mats Moberg, Volvo’s Head of Research & Development.
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