b'Partner News Winter 2022 25EnterpriseEasy EV charging, wirelessly This July, Car Charged UK (CCUK) successfully hosted a wireless electric vehicle charging session at our main office in Mansfield, UK. This new era of charging allows you to sit back and relax from the comfort of your car whilst your vehicle tops itself up ready for its next journey without the need to plug in.This achievement was the result of months of hard work from the CCUK team. During early 2022, we performed some research and development into the feasibility of wireless charging and have produced initial design concepts for the implementation of an underground wireless charging unit, which could allow for on street charging to those without a designated residential parking space. We also successfully completed the retrofit of a Nissan ENV200 van, as it was fit with the necessary hardware to receive the EMF sent from the wireless unit ground pad.This session was completed using the Rezonant E8 system supplied by HEVO power. The hardware converts electricity into an EMF which is emit from the ground pad to the receiver pad on the undersideCar Charged UK as a company is extremely of the van. This is converted back into DCexcited for what the future holds for the electricity via a battery adapter which thenEV charging sector including both existing sends this to the vehicle motor.and new technologies. Combined with theThis new era of charging allows expertise of our product partners suchyou to sit back and relax from Vehicle alignment is achieved using a mobileas Novuna Vehicle Solutions, our in house app with the two pads able to sense theirpipeline is looking healthy.the comfort of your car whilst proximity to one another. The system alsoyour vehicle tops itself up includes a working type two socket whichWe are looking to build on this success by was also successfully tested using theproducing further test sites throughout theready for its next journey Nissan ENV200. This multifunctionalityUK, and completing a safety case studywithout the need to plug in.allows the system to remain useful in ainto the feasibility of placing the charger world where wireless capability is still earlywithin our underground unit to prove its days. commercial viability.'