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Qualcomm announced a WEVC [wireless electric vehicle charging] technology trial in London to commence in 2012 that is supported by a cross section of stakeholders ranging from government departments and agencies to commercial and private sector enterprises. The objectives of the electric car trials are to evaluate the commercial viability of wireless EV charging and gain user feedback on the use of WEVC-enabled vehicles.

The firm added that its technology – dubbed Qualcomm Halo – could be used to keep vehicles’ battery charges at between 40-80%, thereby maximising the life expectancy of the batteries. For the moment, it will only work when a vehicle is stationary.

Europe electric car trials involve ten partners

Qualcomm complements Renault’s European research and development project involving 10 partners to demonstrate wireless inductive charging of electric vehicles in a public environment with a high level of performance and safety,” said Jacques Hebrard, vice president of Energy and Environment Advanced Projects director at Renault. “The deployment of wireless inductive charging requires inter-operability between cars and ground systems within common European and, hopefully, worldwide standards.”

Popular car makers involved in electric car trials in Germany

BMW, Daimler, Volkswagen and others are already involved in a rival induction charging electric car trial in Germany

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