BMW brings forth electric car that can be charged wirelessly
BMW has become the first automaker to offer from the factory an electric vehicle that can have its battery recharged wirelessly, using induction.
The system uses a GroundPad placed on the floor of your garage to transmit energy to a CarPad receiver on the underside of the car’s engine bay. When the vehicle is driven over the pad, the battery can be recharged without the need for a physical connection, or even the push of a button.
More specifically, a magnetic field is created in the three inches of space between the two pads, charging the battery at 3.2 kW. A full recharge takes about threeand-a-half hours.
The wireless charging system will first be made available for the 530e iPerformance, in the automaker’s native market of Germany. The schedule for introduction to Canada could not be confirmed.