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It’s finally here: Porsche puts wireless EV charging into production [video]

Buried in a press release titled, “Even more colours and even greater convenience for the Cayenne Electric” was news that Porsche, for the first time, would be offering electrically wireless inductive charging on its impressively powerful Cayenne Electric SUV.

With the launch of Porsche Wireless Charging in its latest Cayenne Electric SUV, Porsche is introducing a particularly convenient form of EV charging that makes living with its most powerful car EVER even simpler than before: instead of connecting a cable, Cayenne drivers just have to park their portly P-car over a strategically placed pad, and the charging process then begins automatically.

The Porsche Wireless Charging system pairs a charging pad on the underside of the Cayenne with a ground pad installed in the customer’s parking space. Porsche calls the latter “weatherproof” for outdoor installation, and claims a charging rate of up to 11 kW and with an efficiency of about 90% for easy overnight charging.

Integrated safety mechanisms like motion sensors and cat foreign object detection are baked in to avoid microwaving the cat ensure safe operation, designed to stop the charging process automatically if, “a living creature comes close to the vehicle or the ground pad or if a metallic object lies on the latter and heats up.”

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Porsche Wireless Charging is being rolled out globally in stages, and is available to order now in Germany and other European markets.

If you’re not there, feel free to use wireless charging to your advantage and negotiate a crazy deal for yourself on a new Cayenne that’s on the lot today – or just watch the wireless charging explainer video, below, and let us know what you think of Porsche’s new plug-less plug-in in the comments section at the bottom of the page.

Porsche Wireless Charging


SOURCE | IMAGES: Porsche.


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I’ve been involved in the electric vehicle transition in one way or another since 1997, and have covered the industry as a journalist since 2008. You can catch more of my work on Quick Charge and The Heavy Equipment Podcast with Mike Switzer.

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