Availability to deploy wireless power transfer (WPT) on electric vehicle (EV) has opened at the report of MIT Team at 2007 where they proved wide and variable airgap power transfer. That is called “MIT's revolution or Columbus's egg (2007)”[1]. After the MIT report, many concept EV cars with WPT capability have displayed and demonstrated at various motor shows. At Tokyo Motor Show 2011 Japan, many Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), such as Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi motors, Yamaha, and GM, displayed their concept EVs with WPT option [2]. At next year of the Tokyo Motor Show 2011, at New York International Auto Show 2012, Nissan announced that they will deliver the Infiniti LE Concept with the wireless charging option within 24 months [3]. It was doubtless the world first announcement to install the WPT system on mass production passenger EV. Unfortunately the plan does not realized.

Chapter Contents:

• 10.1 Introduction
• 10.2 EV and charging
• 10.3 Conductive charging
• 10.4 Wireless charging
• 10.4.1 Field evaluation in Europe
• 10.4.2 Filed evaluation in Japan
• 10.4.3 Filed evaluation in Korea
• 10.4.4 Filed evaluation in China
• 10.5 Regulation and standardization for WPT
• 10.5.1 Japan
• 10.5.2 European standards for electricity supply
• 10.5.3 China
• 10.5.4 IEC/ISO and SAE
• 10.6 ITU activity on WPT; frequency allocation
• 10.6.1 2014: Approval of non-beam WPT report
• 10.7 Coexisting with other wireless service (CISPR)
• 10.8 Human safety; IEC TC106 and ICNIRP
• 10.9 WPT application for the future: dynamic charging for EV
• References

Inspec keywords: radiofrequency power transmission; electric vehicle charging; inductive power transmission; electric vehicles

Other keywords: WPT system; mass production passenger EV; time 24 month; variable airgap power transfer; wireless power transfer; electric vehicle; wireless charging; WPT coupling

Subjects: Wireless power transmission; Transportation