14 DAY TRIAL // One of the main problems with electric cars is that they run out of fuel pretty fast, not counting the rather inferior horsepower. So New York startup company HEVO Power decided to solve at least the first problem.
HEVO Power has come up with a means to recharge electric car batteries without drivers or owners having to visit special stations.
In fact, if its ideas bear fruit, drivers won't have to do anything but use a phone app to park in the right spot.
It's all thanks to wireless charging technology. Some time ago, we covered the concept of wireless waves being harnessed to replenish the energy of electronic devices.
Right now, the concept is limited to charging pads that phones need to be physically connected to (placed on top of as it were). So while it is wireless, it's not exactly over-the-air.
HEVO Power's idea works at a somewhat greater distance though. Essentially, the startup brought forth the idea of embedded power stations into manholes.
And by having those manholes placed in parking lots, one per car spot, drivers would only need to leave their car in the correct spot and voila! Full power is restored between the time you arrive at work and the time you leave.
A receiving unit would have to be installed next to the car battery, and a mobile app would have to be loaded on your phone to help you drive in the correct spot.
HEVO doesn't even stop there though, or at least doesn't wish to. Presumably, every manhole on a street would be able to get one of these EV stations, basically recharging the car battery at every stop on the city road. All that's needed now is to sort the logistics of the electrical array that would have to be built into the street, to provide the power stations with energy of their own.