WiTricity Extends Recent Funding For A Total Of $52M
Wireless power transfer leader WiTricity announced an additional $18 million to its previously announced October fund raise of $34 million for a total of $52 million. The extension included investments from Tony Fadell’s Future Shape and other private investors. Fadell…
Alibaba Launches Electric Car In Tie-Up With SAIC
Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba Group Holding has stepped up its involvement in China’s electric vehicle sector, launching a sedan with wireless charging under a new brand formed together with SAIC Motor, the country’s largest car company. In another sign of…
Mitsubishi Invests In WiTricity, For Wireless EV Charging Push
Mitsubishi Corporation is investing in WiTricity, a company that sells wireless-charging systems for plug-in cars, WiTricity announced in a press release. The specific amount invested by Mitsubishi was not disclosed, but it was part of a recently-closed $34 million investment…
Yank Technologies First To Receive FCC Certification For Contactless Wireless Charging Solution
New York-based start-up company, Yank Technologies, announced its contactless, wireless charging product, the MotherBox, is officially certified by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). This marks the first time a device of this nature has received the certification. Yank Technologies first…
World’s 1st Wireless Charging EV Taxi Fleet To Come Up In Oslo
Momentum Dynamics has announced that it will provide its wireless charging system to Jaguar Land Rover vehicles to support the City of Oslo with the world’s first high-powered wireless EV taxi fleet. In a program known as ‘ElectriCity’, Momentum will…
Lumen Group’s Wireless EV Charging System Certified by UL
UL, a leading global safety science company, has announced that a wireless electric vehicle (EV) power transfer system has been certified to UL 2750, the Outline Of Investigation For Wireless Power Transfer Equipment For Electric Vehicles. Lumen Group, an integrator of automotive…
