Volvo Cars develops inductive charging technology for electric vehicles

Recently, Volvo Cars said it will start a joint research project called CED (Continuous Power Transmission) and began to carry out inductive charging modification of a Volvo C30 electric car. It is reported that the use of inductive charging technology for electric vehicles will no longer require power sockets or charging cables, so as to achieve direct charging from the road.

In an inductive charging system, the charging plate is buried underground. The charging plate is composed of a coil that can generate an electromagnetic field. When the car is parked above the charging plate, the electrical energy will be transmitted from the charging plate to the car's inductive receiver in the form of alternating current. Then, it is converted to DC in the voltage converter in the car to charge the car's battery pack. Its advanced point is that the entire charging process does not require direct contact between the car and the charging pad.

Volvo said that if the inductive charging system can be successfully developed, it will greatly reduce the charging time. Taking the Volvo C30 electric car as an example, when the battery is completely discharged, the battery pack of 24 kWh is fully charged. It is expected to use only one Hour twenty minutes. It is reported that Volvo has begun to develop inductive charging technology. Can the system be applied to C30 electric vehicles that were launched in 2013? let us wait and see.