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provide main highway with Wireless Induction Charging Network for Electric Cars It has been proposed as a solution that kills two birds with one stone. On the one hand, it reinforces the work of ordinary cable charging points, supplying them where they do not yet exist. And on the other hand, it solves to a large extent the limits that the autonomy of their batteries imposes on these vehicles.
For all of the above, there are many companies that are doing research in this area. One of the most prominent is Electron, a startup that has now put The benefits that this technology could also bring to plug-in hybrid cars,
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As a recent test, the company’s researchers drove a Toyota RAV4 PHEV around their test track for 100 hours. And the result was record-breaking: the Japanese SUV managed to travel 1,924.56 km without stopping for refueling or recharging your battery.
A litmus test for ‘wireless’ technology
On paper, the Toyota RAV4 PHEV has a smaller battery with a capacity of around 18 kWh, In theory, they give it a maximum range of around 75km Using only its electric propulsion.
According to Elektron itself, the circular induction recharging lane at its test center allowed the receiving device installed in the car to obtain a total of 241.69 kWh over a journey of approximately 2,000 km. Doing a quick calculation means that the Japanese SUV Refilled its battery a little more than 13 times in a row, giving an autonomy of 26 times more than theoretical, And all this is stopping only to change drivers. In all, 55 drivers were required to cover the 100 hours.
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The result of the experiment could not be clearer: if induction charging has already been able to extend the autonomy of an electric car to values ​​that are hard to imagine, the same is true with plug-in hybrids. What’s more, it shows With them it would be possible to travel in an almost constant electric modeWith all the benefits that this implies in terms of savings in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.
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