Comment on Wireless EV charging hits 90% efficiency in Swiss real-world trials
stoy@lemmy.zip 16 hours agoWhy does the cars need to move?
Just build car charging coils into every parking spot, then have a computer keep track of what car arrived at what time, and give them an hour each of full charging sequentially.
Example
Car 1 parks in space A and starts charging, car 2 arrives shortly after and parks in space D, the computer logs the VIN and timestamp, placing it first in the queue. 30 min later car 3 arrives and parks in space B, the computer logs the VIN and time stamp, placing it second in the queue. Then car 2 leaves space D, the computer logs it and removes it from the queue, making car 3 first in line, then car 2 arrives back in space D, and is placed second in the queue since it left earlier.
No need to move tonnes of metal and batteries, just switching the power, a cheap and fair way to extend the number of charging spaces, while not overloading the circuit and ensuring that everyone gets a fair timeslot, all without having to risk dammage while moving the cars.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 14 hours ago
but then how do you make $?
stoy@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
Simple, since the system knows the VIN of every car, it knows who to send the bill to.
You could even have a Terminal at the entrence of the facility for those who want to prepay.