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Re:It's finally here: Porsche puts wireless EV charging into... by margalabargala on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @06:20PM (#49809043)
Maybe your remotes run on fairy dust but the rest of ours run on alkaline batteries.

The losses from this charger are nearly the same as the losses from a wired charger.

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Re:It's finally here: Porsche puts wireless EV charging into... by MisterMunchkin on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @02:05AM (#49812231)
It’s a 10% loss in addition to the normal losses
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Re:It's finally here: Porsche puts wireless EV charging into... by margalabargala on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @11:28AM (#49817600)
That's not what's written in the article.
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Re:It's finally here: Porsche puts wireless EV charging into... by vel0city on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @11:55AM (#49818016)
The article is very much not clear if that 90% is talking about round trip or just the efficiency of the wireless charging in addition to the usual charging losses.

Applying a little common sense with experiences of other wireless chargers, its most likely just the losses of the wireless charging solution.

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