“Why did Tesla drop wireless charging for the Cybercab after announcing it in October 2024? Wouldn’t a passive NACS docking solution — where the car simply reverses onto a station that auto-aligns and plugs in — be a better automated alternative than the current manual NACS port?”
@EFIEBER_ANDRE Trotzdem irgendwie traurig, wenn sich das Model Y „nur“ 2,5 Mal besser verkauft als ein Toyota BZ4.
Da liegen eigentlich Welten dazwischen
@JoshWest247 A flap actuator is only around 6 USD and at least 100x cheaper than a 25kW wireless receiving coil + power electronics. From a cost perspective it makes more sense to skip wireless and motorize the flap for enable an automated conductive connection for charging
@DavidMoss@darealbrianpark Wireless charging is far too expensive and outside of the lab technically too challenging. Obviously an automated conductive charging solution is the better choice
@JoeTegtmeyer@thejmansantos@thejefflutz Have you seen any evidence of wireless charging testing?
Will they all have a NACS charge port in the rear bumper for manual plugging?
@technojawa@_protons@MattWallaceTech The Porsche wireless charging system is only 11 kW instead of Tesla’s 25 kW. The main problem is cost, the Porsche-Brusa wireless charging is around 8.000 USD
@niccruzpatane It’s only feasible if one can get heavy payloads into low Earth orbit at rock-bottom prices -> only SpaceX with Starship is capable of making this a reality
@niccruzpatane Would be interesting to know the cost for the entire Waymo 6th-gen added to the Hyundai as well as the cost saving to the 5th-gen Waymo 🤔