{"id":7438,"date":"2022-03-24T09:54:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T14:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latam.imagina.cloud\/?p=7438"},"modified":"2022-03-24T09:54:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T14:54:50","slug":"volvo-cars-tests-wireless-charging-infrastructure-in-a-real-urban-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latamobility.com\/en\/volvo-cars-tests-wireless-charging-infrastructure-in-a-real-urban-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Volvo Cars Tests Wireless Charging Infrastructure in a Real Urban Environment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
As part of the “Gothenburg Green City Zone” initiative, intended to achieve emission-free transportation by 2030, using the Swedish city as a testing ground, Volvo Cars will accelerate the technology and service development across electrification, shared mobility, autonomous driving, connectivity and safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This 2022, the company began a test plan with a new wireless charging technology, along with selected partners, evaluating its potential for future electric cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over a three-year period, Cabonline, the Nordic region’s largest cab operator, will use a small fleet of fully electrified Volvo XC40 Recharge cars and charge them wirelessly at stations in Gothenburg, Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The charging stations used in the test are provided by Momentum Dynamics, a leading supplier of wireless electric charging systems. The power supply starts automatically when a compatible vehicle is parked on a charging platform embedded in the street, allowing drivers to conveniently refuel without leaving their car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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According to information released by Volvo Cars, the charging station sends power through the platform, which is picked up by a receiver unit in the car. To easily align the car with the system, Volvo will use its 360-degree camera mechanism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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For the all-electric XC40 Recharge cars, the wireless charging power will be more than 40 kW, which will make delivery speeds about four times faster than a wired 11 kW AC charger and almost as fast as a wired 50 kW DC fast charger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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With this energy, Volvo cars will be able to drive for more than 12 hours a day and will travel 100,000 kilometers per year, which also makes this the first durability test of the company’s electrified cars under a commercial-use scenario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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In that regard, Mats Moberg, Head of Research and Development at Volvo Cars, noted that Gothenburg Green City Zone allows them to test exciting new technologies in a real-world environment and evaluate them over time for possible wider future introduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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He said that testing these charging innovations together with selected partners is a good way to evaluate alternative energy supply options for future cars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As part of the “Gothenburg Green City Zone” initiative, intended to achieve emission-free transportation by 2030, using the Swedish city as a testing ground, Volvo Cars will accelerate the technology and service development across electrification, shared mobility, autonomous driving, connectivity and safety. This 2022, the company began a test plan with a new wireless charging…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":7435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[1564,1281,1489,1596],"class_list":["post-7438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-area","tag-electric-cars","tag-electric-mobility","tag-sustainability","tag-volvo-cars-2"],"yoast_head":"\n