VW electric car: Sensation - wireless charging without a charging station
Created: 01/06/2022, 09:54 AM
By: Alexander Eser-Ruperti
In terms of the user-friendliness of VW electric cars, the company could have made a big step forward.
It affects the charging process.
Wolfsburg - Volkswagen is investing in e-mobility, and not too tightly.
This is shown by the Group's financial plan for the next few years.
It also provides for large expenditures for locations in Lower Saxony.
The investments in charging technology for VW electric cars could soon pay off - and electric car charging stations for battery cars from Volkswagen will soon no longer play a role.
Group: | Volkswagen |
Segment: | Automobile manufacturer |
Headquarters: | Wolfsburg |
VW electric cars could soon get by without an electric car charging station
VW electric cars that do without e-car charging stations - that is Volkswagen's vision.
On the way there, the carmaker could have made its first breakthrough.
This is about inductive, wireless charging, as is already known from cell phones.
VW has been researching new charging technologies in the USA for a long time.
When charging, electric cars are currently still losing a lot of electricity. *
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Volkswagen has now made a big leap in charging power via inductive charging: while the power of previous models was around 6.6 kilovolts in tests, it has now been increased to up to 120.
The goals at VW are big; in the future, this value should increase to up to 300 kilovolts.
The new system has so far been tested on the Porsche Taycan.
Should VW actually reach 300 kilovolts, this model could be charged to up to 80 percent in around ten minutes.
It is a big step for the car manufacturer from Wolfsburg, but it will still take some time for this technology to be used in series.
Meanwhile, solar cars could also soon play a role. *
Electric car production: E-car charging stations not only cause problems with VW electric cars
These technological leaps are just as important for the Wolfsburg-based car manufacturer as raising awareness among VW employees for electric car production. Volkswagen locks its own VW employees in an escape room. Nevertheless, VW still has a long way to go, especially in terms of range. In view of the poor infrastructure of e-car charging stations, alternative forms of charging are promising for the future. A survey by the ADAC showed how dissatisfied many owners of e-cars are with their experiences with charging stations.
VW boss Herbert Diess is one of them.
After a tour with his VW electric car, he directed critical words to the charging station operator Ionity on social media.
Herbert Diess was dissatisfied - he described his experience as bad.
Ionity was founded in 2017 by BMW, Daimler, Ford and Volkswagen with its brands Porsche and Audi.
Most recently, the operator had landed a big hit and won the financial giant Blackrock as an investor.
VW is currently testing inductive charging methods for electric cars in the Porsche Taycan.
© Marijan Murat / dpa
The charging station infrastructure is bad, politicians know that too.
That is why he now set up a funding program.
The new transport minister of the traffic light coalition, Volker Wissing, recently promised to accelerate the expansion of the charging station infrastructure.
In doing so, one topic should also be considered that has all too often been forgotten in the debate: charging stations for e-cars must be barrier-free.
Like the competition, the VW electric car has other problems than electric car charging stations
But the problems on the way to e-mobility are bigger than the infrastructure for e-car charging stations - and they affect all car manufacturers, not just the VW electric car. Volkswagen is planning, among other things, billions in investments in Lower Saxony for the production of VW electric cars. For example, there is the prospect of a shortage of critical raw materials for batteries. There is a lack of new, environmentally friendly battery technologies that require fewer critical resources. A particular problem is the range of battery cars. The range fear with regard to electric cars had recently decreased significantly, while the actual endurance of the electric cars had not increased significantly, even if a German company is now expanding the world market for electric cars with a new battery. Might stir up cars.
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Toyota is dealing with this problem pragmatically: The Japanese carmaker said they would rather go for cheap electric cars than for longer range - customers would forego range for less money.
It's a way of doing things.
It does not solve fundamental problems.
It becomes clear: Even if the future seems to belong to e-mobility, the need for innovation is still great.
Inductive charging of e-cars, as VW is currently testing in America, would be a big step. * Kreiszeitung.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
