Comments on: Chevy Volt Owners Will Say Buh-Bye to Car Chargers in 2012 http://cleantechnica.com/2011/01/13/chevy-volt-owners-will-say-buh-bye-to-car-chargers-in-2012/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 06:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Unlimited Range EV? Power from Tires! | CleanTechnica http://cleantechnica.com/2011/01/13/chevy-volt-owners-will-say-buh-bye-to-car-chargers-in-2012/#comment-103691 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:06:01 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=21532#comment-103691 […] waves over 100 years ago. Ultimately, we will be using wireless transfer of energy to at least charge electric vehicles. Many researchers are proposing to power electric vehicles wirelessly giving us unlimited range. […]

]]> By: Alex http://cleantechnica.com/2011/01/13/chevy-volt-owners-will-say-buh-bye-to-car-chargers-in-2012/#comment-76324 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:34:23 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=21532#comment-76324 They should also find a way to make these chargers more efficient. I think something like 30% of the electicity is wasted in heat form when AC is converted to DC. I think they should focus on finding a way for devices to directly function on AC current without needing conversion. Nikola Tesla would be proud too

]]> By: Tina Casey http://cleantechnica.com/2011/01/13/chevy-volt-owners-will-say-buh-bye-to-car-chargers-in-2012/#comment-75308 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:09:36 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=21532#comment-75308 Momus: I don’t see any disagreement here. If devices like Powermat give us a nudge toward standardization and universal chargers, that’s a good thing, right?

]]> By: Momus http://cleantechnica.com/2011/01/13/chevy-volt-owners-will-say-buh-bye-to-car-chargers-in-2012/#comment-75299 Sat, 15 Jan 2011 20:51:54 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=21532#comment-75299 A misleading article. Powermat will NOT charge your phones nor anything else that is not designed to be charged by it. So it still requires all new standard cell phones/gadgets. Another thoughtless gimmick, wasting energy. Perhaps one day it will make sense, but not soon.

It would be better to focus at a plug-in charging standard. Like a standard USB format with standard voltage for all cell phones, notebooks, netbooks, iStuff, GPS,…

]]> By: Tina Casey http://cleantechnica.com/2011/01/13/chevy-volt-owners-will-say-buh-bye-to-car-chargers-in-2012/#comment-74797 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:19:15 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=21532#comment-74797 Good point though I don’t know if that criticism applies to the latest wireless charging tech. Anyone out there care to weigh in? Also if you’re charging your car off a solar carport, as I suggest (or any other clean renewable energy source), you’re still coming out ahead, so the equation is somewhat different for EV’s equipped with wireless chargers.

]]> By: Achim Krull http://cleantechnica.com/2011/01/13/chevy-volt-owners-will-say-buh-bye-to-car-chargers-in-2012/#comment-74794 Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:12:43 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=21532#comment-74794 Problem: powermat or wireless chargers lose about 30% of their energy in the broadcast, so actually need more power for the same effect than plug-in chargers. Hardly a step forward.

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