14 DAY TRIAL // It wasn't so long ago that wireless charging was nothing but a pipe dream, but things have changed a lot. In fact, wireless chargers are making a name for themselves, to the point where even car makers want them.
General Motors is one of the companies that wants, and expects, wireless chargers to become part of the standard car package.
Sure, the cheaper automobiles will gloss over them at first, but GM genuinely believes that things like Powermat wireless charging stations will become part of the better vehicles of today.
It will be tricky to include them in purely electrical cars, unlike on standard cars, but that limitation will also be overcome as soon as a breakthrough is made in battery creation.
Anyway, Powermat Technologies has made a deal with GM for the inclusion of the former's charging stations.
“The car is a major part of life for everyone with a smartphone,” said Powermat Technologies CEO Ran Poliakine in an interview. “And this is taking care of that part of life.”
For those unaware, wireless charging is not at the level of Sci Fi yet. Instead, charging stations like Powermat Duracell are pads, of sort, on which phones have to be placed.
The wireless electromagnetic waves steadily restore the chemistry of phone, tablet and other gadget batteries over the course of a few hours.
“We continue to work with Powermat to bring their technologies to GM products, but for competitive reasons we’re not discussing specifics at this time,” a GM spokesperson said. “The technology continues to move forward.”
In addition to Powermat, Qi technologies have begun to be used in vehicles. The 2013 Toyota Avalon is one example.
Soon enough you'll be able to forgo carrying a power socket charging adapter everywhere. If cars can use them, then they'll become common in households all that faster. It's a matter of honor and common sense, some might argue.