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New York Manholes for Electric Car Charging

New York Manholes for Electric Car Charging

New York Manholes for Electric Car Charging

Rather than having to plug your car in to charge it this could be a thing of the past in New York City as manhole covers could be used across the city as chargers. These manhole covers will charge your car as you wait in traffic. This may become a rule rather than an exception as HEVO power got the clear to create the idea and implement it in the city next year.

HEVO Power is a small company that could get a big boost through its development of a manhole charging devise that runs on electromagnetic wireless charging technology.

The system will be created using induction and up to 10 KW of energy from the manhole charging pad to the vehicle. The vehicle needs to be already equipped with a receiver along the drive train to absorb the power.

The charge itself consists of two coils each with different purposes as one is connected to the grid within the manhole and the other in the vehicle. When the car is over the manhole the coils conduct and therefore a charge is passed from the manhole to the car.

HEVO owner Jeremy McCool says it provides a more efficient, powerful and safer way to charge an electric vehicle, though he admits the device has not yet been tested in the real world.

Though it doesn’t recommend lying on the charger for hours, the company says the device has a minimal EMI rating and is safe. The system also detects foreign metallic objects that may become heated, and lowers the power or interrupts charging.

Fast charging technologies are driving the growth of the electric vehicle charging market. The number of wireless charging stations established worldwide is expected to climb significantly from 2013 to 2020.

Next year Toyota plan  to implement a similar system  in Japan next year and if it is proven successful they plan to extend it across Europe and the United States.