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Re:Volvo signals 'end of the solely combustion engine-powere... by gorkonsine on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @11:23AM (#14703116)
The GM EV1 electric car had inductive charging back in the 1990s, using a "paddle" charger.
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Re:Volvo signals 'end of the solely combustion engine-powere... by xattt on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @11:45AM (#14703341)
This is likely because people were terrified of plugging exposed high current high voltage connectors in outdoor setting.
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Re:Volvo signals 'end of the solely combustion engine-powere... by gorkonsine on Wednesday July 05, 2017 @03:22PM (#14705366)
Yes, but the point is, they had it and it worked just fine. Inductive power transmission works fine if the distance is very small (as it was with these paddles).
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