The first public charging station of Virginia-based Plugless Power’s wireless EV charging technology has been installed at Google’s Mountain View headquarters. Google has multiple low-speed electric vehicles for short-range travel around its campus and includes plug-in vehicles in its on-campus employee car-sharing program. The company will initially use the Plugless Power station to charge a retrofitted short-range electric vehicle.

Developed by Evatran LLC, Plugless Power’s proximity charging system is based on inductive technology, which has been used in electrical transformers for over 100 years. The technology streamlines the charging of electric vehicles and extended-range hybrid cars by eliminating the nuisance of the cord and the plug, makings charging electric vehicles an automatic, “hands-free,” convenient endeavor.

source: businesswire