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PLUG-IN hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) could become redundant and battery charging for electric vehicles (BEVs) much simpler following the introduction of an Australian-developed wireless EV charging system last week with electric Deliver to vehicles via airmail (OTA).

Where current technology leads to inconvenience of driving to a home or outside outlet/receptacle for recharging, now the Lumen Freedom system has been developed to make wireless charging simple. by parking on a touch pad placed on or embedded in the roadway.

No body touch, allowing taxi drivers in the test to seamlessly charge their vehicle batteries while waiting for their next passenger, without leaving the vehicle to plug it in or delaying departure by how to end the charging session and unplug it first.

Lumen Freedom, a technology company based in Hallam, a suburb of Melbourne, is engaged in the development of a new charger while diversifying into production of key components.

For the past few years, Lumen Freedom has specialized in wireless electric vehicle charging (WEVC) systems and last week announced the first live test of its Wireless Electric Taxi Charging (WiCET) project using its WEVC technology. .

The impacts are huge when extrapolated to the broader EV community as it removes a key objection to their ownership; cable plug situation.

WiCET is a project funded by the UK Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) and delivered through Innovate UK, to assess the technical and commercial feasibility of implementing Wireless charging for the Hackney Tram (also known as a black taxi or London taxi), with the potential to allow further electrification of vehicles to reduce emissions and improve air quality.

Five wireless ground assembly systems have been installed at the main city center taxi rating point in the city of Nottingham in central England, where nine electric taxis – five LEVC TX and four Nissan Dynamo – have been installed. equipped with a wireless vehicle assembly system.

Lumen Freedom has been working closely with the WiCET Project Team since early 2021 to develop the WiCET technical requirements and provide wireless charging hardware evaluation and development for the successful first phase of the project. judgment.

In a statement released last week, Lumen Freedom said: “Electrifying taxi fleets in congested city areas is an important step in reducing traffic emissions and improving air quality. gas.

“Tab drivers taking time to recharge can reduce drivers’ earning power – charging with a cable is inconvenient and impractical at the taxi level. Wireless charging offers the driver the opportunity to recharge the vehicle while waiting for the next passenger.”

Lumen Freedom general manager, Rod Wilson, said the company is “delighted to be nominated as the wireless charger hardware supplier for the WiCET project”.

He said Lumen Freedom is looking forward to “seeing wireless charging implemented in a wide range of applications from passenger cars to public transport and ambulances”.

Richard Sander, WiCET project manager and technical expert at the Center for Low Carbon and Fuel Cells (Cenex), said the organization is “extremely proud to have begun the first public trial of wireless charging. for taxis in the UK”.

“This is a huge step forward in understanding and demonstrating the potential of wireless charging as a core technology in the electric vehicle transition.”

Wireless electric vehicle charging is a simple solution to charge electric and hybrid electric vehicles without complicated plugging in.

Lumen Freedom says the efficiency of its WEVC system is comparable to plug-in charging or other conductive charging systems that use electrical contacts instead of plugs.

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