- Pioneering the development and production of wireless charging technology for the transport sector.
- Inductive Power Transfer (IPT) wireless charging transfers power from a transmitting pad on the ground to a receiving pad on an electric car.
- To charge, an electric car simply has to be parked or even driven over a pad.
HaloIPT is a technology development originally company founded by UniServices, Arup and Trans Tasman Commercialisation Fund. The company – now part of Qualcomm Incorporated – is pioneering the development and production of wireless charging technology for the transport sector.
Adapting cities for electric vehicles
Investment in electric vehicles is experiencing a boom, as governments across the world look to an electric future to tackle the issues of carbon reduction, oil depletion and urban mobility in increasingly congested cities.
Public interest focuses on the vehicles themselves, yet behind the scenes urban planners, energy and infrastructure specialists are tackling the challenge of adapting cities to suit electric vehicles.
Easy universal charging
Electric vehicle technology is still emerging. One of the major challenges is in providing an easy to use charging method – and Arup, with a keen interest in low carbon mobility, is shaping the future.
HaloIPT was established to bring its wireless charging technology to market for road vehicle applications globally, to create a society where wireless charging for electric cars is everywhere.
Working in partnership with the Electric Car Corporation, the first car to be powered with HaloIPT technology was demonstrated in London in September 2010 - UK newspaper, The Guardian, discusses the benefits. Two of these small Citroen C1 electric vehicles are currently participating in the Arup-led CABLED electric vehicle evaluation programme in the West Midlands.
HaloIPT also supplied its revolutionary induction charging technology for 102EX, the Rolls Royce Phantom Experimental Electric vehicle, revealed on 2 March 2011 at the Geneva Motor Show.
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