{"id":267195,"date":"2023-12-19T08:48:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T13:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=321559"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:22:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:22:37","slug":"tesla-wants-to-create-the-wireless-charger-for-cars-and-we-think-its-a-terrible-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/tesla-wants-to-create-the-wireless-charger-for-cars-and-we-think-its-a-terrible-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla wants to create the wireless charger for cars and we think it&#8217;s a terrible idea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tesla seems to have accidentally confirmed that they are working on a technology that will allow future Tesla models to be wirelessly charged, <strong>using inductive technology<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Tesla\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/262b48d4-1f8c-4192-ab9c-5f091bbf37bc\/646870950\/tesla-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Tesla<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/tesla.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/tesla.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of making the announcement through a press release, the information was subtly dropped in an interview with Jay Leno <a href=\"https:\/\/electrek.co\/2023\/12\/18\/tesla-confirms-wireless-inductive-electric-car-home-charger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"(via Electrek)\">(via Electrek)<\/a>, in which Tesla&#8217;s chief designer, Franz von Holzhausen, told the former Tonight Show host: &#8220;We are working on inductive charging. At that point, you don&#8217;t even need to plug anything in. You just drive over the pad in your garage and start charging.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Tesla directly confirms they are working on a wireless (inductive) charging pad for your garage where you just park over it and it automatically starts charging your vehicle. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OK2ZRmAtVx\">https:\/\/t.co\/OK2ZRmAtVx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dfPq0H3egr\">pic.twitter.com\/dfPq0H3egr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SawyerMerritt\/status\/1736816525036925032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This leak seems to corroborate previous mentions of said technology<\/strong>. Speculations about wireless charging arose when Tesla teased a charging platform during <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/elon-musk-broke-down-crying-at-the-last-tesla-shareholders-meeting-according-to-witnesses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"its Investor Day in March of this year.\">its Investor Day in March of this year.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An image of a Tesla parked on a mat in a garage appeared on the screen, as well as an image of the company&#8217;s upcoming Diner project in California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If we connect the dots, <strong>it seems that Tesla is considering installing inductive charging at its next leisure destination<\/strong>, which makes sense considering that the cars that come to the Drive-in Supercharger station will be parked for several hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A really bad idea, from an efficiency standpoint<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As with many of Tesla&#8217;s &#8220;revolutionary&#8221; technologies, it is not the first time we have seen them applied to the world of automobiles. <strong>BMW announced its Wireless Charging Pilot Program back in 2018<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That being said, there have been a number of issues that have hindered the widespread adoption of wireless inductive technology so far<strong>. Unlike smartphones, which are easy to position for wireless charging, electric vehicles have to be parked with utmost precision<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"931\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/Tesla-wireless-charging.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-267210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/Tesla-wireless-charging.jpg 931w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/Tesla-wireless-charging-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/Tesla-wireless-charging-768x594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2023\/12\/Tesla-wireless-charging-150x116.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 931px) 100vw, 931px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secondly, <strong>vehicles must be equipped with a secondary component to allow wireless charging, which adds additional weight<\/strong> that, in turn, drastically affects the proposed autonomy of an electric vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, <strong>the charging speeds are unfortunately slow, as BMW&#8217;s innovation only reaches 3.2 kW<\/strong>. That&#8217;s fine for an extended overnight charge in a garage, but it&#8217;s not suitable for public charging.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Tesla\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/262b48d4-1f8c-4192-ab9c-5f091bbf37bc\/646870950\/tesla-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Tesla<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/tesla.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/tesla.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taking this into account, <strong>is it really so difficult to grab a physical cable and plug it in? It seems that Tesla thinks so<\/strong>, and it is likely that they will charge a small fortune for offering this technology as an optional extra when it finally goes on sale. And we&#8217;re not talking about the energy lost when transmitting it wirelessly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The vehicles must be equipped with a secondary component to allow wireless charging, which adds additional weight that, in turn, should&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9265,"featured_media":267198,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[1471],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-267195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-tesla"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315663,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267195\/revisions\/315663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267195"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=267195"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=267195"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=267195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}