It's called inductive charging. I have a toothbrush that uses this technology. GM was the first to do this with electric cars with the EV1 but they never put it into production that I know of.
Sent from my iPhone > On May 31, 2015, at 11:03 AM, Lee Hart via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > Peri Hartman via EV wrote: > From: "brucedp5 via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> >>> Researchers at University of Tokyo...the “world’s first in-wheel >>> motor system for electric vehicles” that transmits power wirelessly >>> to run motors attached with each wheel. > > If this was done in the USA, I'd say it was "click-bait" trolling for > investors. Calling anything "wireless" is fashionable, and so is done to get > free press releases and widespread publicity, in the hopes of luring in > gullible investors. > > Every electric motor by nature has "wireless" energy transfer. There are > coils on the stator, coils on the rotor, and nothing between them but air. > Wireless power transfer! A miracle! > > No, it's not. It's the same old thing, just "spin doctored" to sound like > something new. > -- > The greatest pleasure in life is to create something that wasn't > there before. -- Roy Spence > -- > Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
