That website looks terrible lol

having level 2 charging is a nice convenience. Higher voltage is actually more efficient than lower voltage.

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Worrying that the 240v wiring in your house is going to “create a giant magnetic field and give you cancer” is an absurd thing to worry about, whether you have a car charger in use or not.

I presume the vehicle would have to be modified to support wireless charging. Did they install the coil & wiring on the car?

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If so, I’d go for it. Low frequency magnetic fields are everywhere…the earth is a magnet afterall.

There is no reputable scientific evidence that the magnetic fields from power transmission are unhealthy. That means that if they *​are* unhealthy, the effects are too small to be readily observable, so I personally wouldn’t worry about it much.

The efficiency varies based on the technology used. Plugless claims it’s only 12% less efficient, but I would take that as nothing more than a ​marketing claim – ​with a huge ​grain of salt. Maybe you can find other Plugless users online who have done real-world ​efficiency measurements.

The magnetic fields are not going to have health effects, that’s just fear mongering with no basis in fact.

I however wouldn’t install it because of efficiency. From their own website, you lose about 12%, that is you pay 12% more for electricity for the privilege of using it. Doesn’t seem like something I want, it would cost me nearly $15/mo to use it…no thanks

If you have an electric stove, you know it’s 240V, right? Your clothes dryer? 240V. You AC? 240V. Your electric service panel? 240V (they split into two phases of 120V).

Meanwhile, high voltage lines are like something like 750,000V…so, not even remotely similar.

A L2 charger can be a game changer. My Prius Prime has only 25 usable miles on the battery. For the first 2 years I only used a 120V charger. During that time, I’d get about 1000 to 1200 miles per tank (10 gallons or so of gas). Now, with my Level 2 charger, I’m getting anywhere from 1800 to 3000 miles per tank of gas. The difference is that on weekend (or evenings), I can plug in a very quickly add a meaningful amount of charge. In just 20 minutes I can go from 0 miles to say 6 to 8 miles, so enough to go run an errand and not need gas.

If you can, make the update.

I mean, if it’s free and the vehicle has the receiver already installed then yeah might as well try it out to see if it’s something you’d like using. My main concern would just be how sensitive it is to line up, 2017 seems like a while ago in terms of this type of technology so it’s probably not really the most mass market user friendly solution.

Only reason I wouldn’t use it is that there will be increased heat loss and overall reduced efficiency with induction charging rather than just plugging in directly, plus plugging in will always work regardless how I park.

I have a magnetic induction cooktop, it works very well it’s better than gas.

I have no idea how well that charger will work but I hope you will tell us.

Holy shit no, I would not use it. If your cat had 50kWh battery and you used this thing to charge it, it would consume almost 3 times that just to charge the battery. Wireless charging wastes so much energy.

No, I hate wireless charging for my phone, I’d definitely hate it for my car.

The cancer argument is of course complete nonsense - but keep in mind that „wireless“ Distribution of electricity is extremely inefficient. You are looking at 50% more power draw here.

“… cancer, like living under a high tension power line.”

There have been several studies on high tension workers who work on those things for hours for days for decades and there is no increased cancer rate of those workers over the general population. I don’t know where this belief comes from.

Personally, I would love to have it! I primarily charge my phone using wireless and would love to do the same for my vehicle; provided it supports bi-directional

No interest. Wireless charging is much much less efficient than wired charging, and at the scale of vehicles it really adds up. I think this tech is bad for the grid and for carbon output.

I wouldn’t worry about the magnetic field. Efficiency will be lower, but I would definitely be interested in the system and its performance. Should be the way of charging for the future, I really believe in it. If I would have, I’d install and test it!