Inductive charging makes charging e-vehicles even easier.
Siemens is developing the infrastructure, MAHLE the vehicle technology and the user-friendly positioning system.
The latter is placed on the floor of the garage or parking lot as a "transmitter" coil. The magnetic field that is built up transmits the energy to the "receiver" coil in the car.
The battery charges with a charging power of 11 kilowatts and an efficiency of 92 percent - and without cables!