Re: [EVDL] motor controller

[Rick Beebe via EV]

Happy to help but the video is private. You can make it public but not 
published so that we can see it but it won't show up to random youtube 
browsers.


--Rick

On 7/17/2014 4:20 PM, Dennis Miles via EV wrote:

Dear Friends on the EVDL,

  I feel you represent the BEST in an active group of individuals with
positive interest in Electric Vehicles.  I would ask you a small favor, It
is related to my promotion of my educational attempts to train many more
mechanics and enthusiasts in the technology of Electric Vehicles.  I have
noticed that most of you are very literate, and my request is, *for those
who have the spare time*, to view the Presentation I have been working on
for several days and have now posted on youtube  (link 
http://youtu.be/*_*DetP2Q1BYc  )  I ask you
*only* to critique the slide presentation. And reply directly to me (
EVprofessor *AT* EVprofessor* DOT* com ) with you suggestions for
improvement.  I know that several words are misspelled (Such as "OR" in
place of "FOR.")  I also have a tendency to make very long sentences. If
you feel strongly, about the text, I can send you the text, 575 words, for
your perusal. Which I composed and converted to slides for presentation.  I
welcome any positive criticism.  I realize that the topic of my
presentation is not EVs, but Technical training about the technology used
in EV and I beg your indulgence, for this intrusion.

  With Thanks in advance and Regards,

Dennis Lee Miles (EVprofessor)

*Founder:**EV Tech. Institute Inc.** (www.evti.org
) *

*E-Mail:*  *evprofes...@evprofessor.com* 


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Re: [EVDL] motor controller

[Dennis Miles via EV]

Dear Friends on the EVDL,

 I feel you represent the BEST in an active group of individuals with
positive interest in Electric Vehicles.  I would ask you a small favor, It
is related to my promotion of my educational attempts to train many more
mechanics and enthusiasts in the technology of Electric Vehicles.  I have
noticed that most of you are very literate, and my request is, *for those
who have the spare time*, to view the Presentation I have been working on
for several days and have now posted on youtube  (link 
http://youtu.be/*_*DetP2Q1BYc <http://youtu.be/_DetP2Q1BYc> )  I ask you
*only* to critique the slide presentation. And reply directly to me (
EVprofessor *AT* EVprofessor* DOT* com ) with you suggestions for
improvement.  I know that several words are misspelled (Such as "OR" in
place of "FOR.")  I also have a tendency to make very long sentences. If
you feel strongly, about the text, I can send you the text, 575 words, for
your perusal. Which I composed and converted to slides for presentation.  I
welcome any positive criticism.  I realize that the topic of my
presentation is not EVs, but Technical training about the technology used
in EV and I beg your indulgence, for this intrusion.

 With Thanks in advance and Regards,

Dennis Lee Miles (EVprofessor)

*Founder:**EV Tech. Institute Inc.** (www.evti.org
<http://www.evti.org>) *

*E-Mail:*  *evprofes...@evprofessor.com* 

   *Phone #* *(863) 944-9913*   in Central Florida

(Office hours: 12:00 Noon to 10:00 pm, New York time)






On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:14 AM, Electric Blue auto convertions via EV <
ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote:

> Lee, that looks like a Clark/Hyster contactor board fork lifts used in the
> 60s and 70s .I have a Clark E500 fork lift service manual, It looks the
> same, The Clark/hyster has field weaking,
>
> does this one of yous have that ?. I worked for Clark when I got out of
> the army in the late 60s , they seemed to think I knew about them LOLOL .
> thats what I used when I was building my first EVs, bought every motor and
> contactor board I could find. changed the contactor coils to 12 volt, most
> were 36,48 volt .you could do that back then, even change the tips when
> they wore out, I always put the silver tips on the contactors, they lasted
> 4 times as long.
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Re: [EVDL] Controller page updates

[Lee Hart via EV]

Many thanks to everyone for checking out the page! I'm delighted to see
that HTML4 still seems to work. I was worried that the web had evolved
past it (the way my ASCII artwork can no longer be displayed on many
people's computers). :-(

Lawrence Harris wrote:

Getting requirements to meet WCAG 2.0 Level A or AA for our web
pages. http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/  This is designed to
allow alternate readers, could be voice or brail or just large zoom
factor and still make the contents usable.


I hadn't thought about how it would be read by the visually impaired.
I'll read that page with the guidelines, and try to apply them in the
future.

Glen Hoag wrote:

A good way to check ones HTML coding is to run your pages through
the markup validator at http://validator.w3.org


Thanks Glen. I didn't realize that there was an automated way to do this
(or I wouldn't have bothered everyone).

I submitted the controllers.htm page and it came up with 16 errors. Some
were mismatched  and  tags, which I fixed. But most were omission
of the ALT= attribute in IMG tags. I used TITLE= instead. ALT only
displays the text name when I right-click an image and look at its
Properties. TITLE does this, *and* causes the text name for the image to
be displayed when I mouse over the image. I guess I have to use both
attributes.
--
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-- Henry Ford
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Re: [EVDL] motor controller

[Lee Hart via EV]

Electric Blue auto convertions via EV wrote:

Lee, that looks like a Clark/Hyster contactor board fork lifts used
in the 60s and 70s. I have a Clark E500 fork lift service manual, It
looks the same, The Clark/hyster has field weaking,


The Henneys were built in 1959. Only about 100 were made, but it was a 
very influential EV. As a car, the Renault was a pile of sh... well, you 
know. But its performance and use of silicon diodes was revolutionary, 
and every engineer knew all about it.


My guess is that Clark/Hyster copied the Henney's controller, rather 
than the other way around. The Henney's definitely had a hand-made 
first-prototype look to it, and there were no Clark labels on it.



I changed the contactor coils to 12 volt, most were 36-48 volt. You could do 
that back then,
even change the tips when they wore out, I always put the silver tips
on the contactors, they lasted 4 times as long.


Yep! I liked those old contactors. *Anything* could be changed or fixed. 
I rebuilt worn-out surplus ones for my first EV. I filed off the burned 
contacts and silver-soldered dimes to them (of course, dimes were 
actually made of silver back then)! :-)


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Re: [EVDL] Controller page updates

[Lawrence Harris via EV]

Lee's page worked great and I am a big fan of simple pages constructed with 
basic HTML tools.

Probably not quite what is being discussed but this is what we are dealing 
with.  Getting requirements to meet WCAG 2.0 Level A or AA for our web pages.  
http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/  This is designed to allow alternate 
readers, could be voice or brail or just large zoom factor and still make the 
contents usable.

Lawrence Harris

On Jul 17, 2014, at 6:55 AM, Sean Korb via EV  wrote:

> Read out and a Braille TTY.
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Cor van de Water via EV 
> wrote:
> 
>> Sean, with "read" do you mean "when it is computer-read out to them"?
>> 
>> Cor van de Water
>> Chief Scientist
>> Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com
>> Email: cwa...@proxim.com Private: http://www.cvandewater.info
>> Skype: cor_van_de_water Tel: +1 408 383 7626
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Sean Korb via
>> EV
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 6:44 AM
>> To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: [EVDL] Controller page updates
>> 
>> Though not challenged in that particular way, I also appreciate that
>> most
>> blind people can read a well constructed HTML page.
>> 
>> sean
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 8:30 AM, brucedp5 via EV 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I think with all the responses trying your html page from different
>>> browsers
>>> on various OS', I believe you have a good page.
>>> 
>>> Not that it is needed, I also had good success bringing your page up
>> on:
>>> Firefox, Opera, SeaMonkey (a Firefox version) when on Windows and when
>> on
>>> Linux.
>>> 
>>> I have found web pages using simple, straight-forward html 4.0 code
>> have a
>>> good common denominator compatibility (the page will work on the
>> majority
>>> of
>>> situations). It is when a web designer decides to get fancy and apply
>> their
>>> College course training using flash, shockwave, & others, that web
>> pages
>>> can
>>> have issues in different situations (the page may not be as 'pretty',
>>> wiz-bang, or 'cool', but the information and or message will get
>> across to
>>> a
>>> majority of viewers).
>>> 
>>> 
>>> {brucedp.150m.com}
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>> '65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera
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[EVDL] motor controller

[Electric Blue auto convertions via EV]

Lee, that looks like a Clark/Hyster contactor board fork lifts used in the 60s 
and 70s .I have a Clark E500 fork lift service manual, It looks the same, The 
Clark/hyster has field weaking, 

does this one of yous have that ?. I worked for Clark when I got out of the 
army in the late 60s , they seemed to think I knew about them LOLOL . thats 
what I used when I was building my first EVs, bought every motor and contactor 
board I could find. changed the contactor coils to 12 volt, most were 36,48 
volt .you could do that back then, even change the tips when they wore out, I 
always put the silver tips on the contactors, they lasted 4 times as long. 
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Re: [EVDL] Controller page updates

[Sean Korb via EV]

Read out and a Braille TTY.


On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Cor van de Water via EV 
wrote:

> Sean, with "read" do you mean "when it is computer-read out to them"?
>
> Cor van de Water
> Chief Scientist
> Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com
> Email: cwa...@proxim.com Private: http://www.cvandewater.info
> Skype: cor_van_de_water Tel: +1 408 383 7626
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Sean Korb via
> EV
> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 6:44 AM
> To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [EVDL] Controller page updates
>
> Though not challenged in that particular way, I also appreciate that
> most
> blind people can read a well constructed HTML page.
>
> sean
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 8:30 AM, brucedp5 via EV 
> wrote:
>
> > I think with all the responses trying your html page from different
> > browsers
> > on various OS', I believe you have a good page.
> >
> > Not that it is needed, I also had good success bringing your page up
> on:
> > Firefox, Opera, SeaMonkey (a Firefox version) when on Windows and when
> on
> > Linux.
> >
> > I have found web pages using simple, straight-forward html 4.0 code
> have a
> > good common denominator compatibility (the page will work on the
> majority
> > of
> > situations). It is when a web designer decides to get fancy and apply
> their
> > College course training using flash, shockwave, & others, that web
> pages
> > can
> > have issues in different situations (the page may not be as 'pretty',
> > wiz-bang, or 'cool', but the information and or message will get
> across to
> > a
> > majority of viewers).
> >
> >
> > {brucedp.150m.com}
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > View this message in context:
> >
> http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Controller-
> page-updates-tp4670371p4670379.html
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Re: [EVDL] EVLN: BMW&Daimler developing 3-Hour Wireless Inductive EVSE for i3 EV

[robert winfield via EV]

will it induce eddy currents in metallic jewelry or clasps or such in clothing 
worn by occupants.
(My car warms me before we leave in the morning...)

On Thu, 7/17/14, brucedp5 via EV  wrote:

 Subject: [EVDL] EVLN: BMW&Daimler developing 3-Hour Wireless Inductive EVSE 
for i3 EV
 To: ev@lists.evdl.org
 Date: Thursday, July 17, 2014, 4:58 AM
 
 
 
 Wireless EV Charging on the Horizon, But is It Safe?
 
 
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/cables-needed-bmw-daimler-working-wireless-charging-technology-evs/
 No cables needed: BMW and Daimler working on wireless
 charging technology
 for EVs
 By Andrew Hard — July 11, 2014
 
 [image  
 http://icdn2.digitaltrends.com/image/rsz_p90155654.jpg
 Wireless Charging Technology
 ]
 
 With the help of BMW and Daimler, electric vehicles are
 taking the next step
 toward worry-free ownership.
 
 The German automakers recently announced a joint effort to
 develop a
 wireless charging system for the i3 electric vehicle and i8
 plug-in hybrid.
 
 EVs don’t need oil changes, filter replacements, or
 emissions testing, so
 they’re already extremely convenient to own. If the
 inductive wireless
 charging technology is viable, EV owners won’t even need
 to worry about
 refueling.
 
 BMW and Daimler’s charging tech works in the same way
 wireless cell phone
 chargers do, just on a larger scale. An alternating magnetic
 field transmits
 energy between two sets of coils: one mounted onto the
 car’s parking area
 (usually a garage floor), and a secondary coil on the
 vehicle itself.
 
 The array transmits energy at a charging rate of 3.6
 kilowatts, which,
 according to BMW, is enough to fully charge an i8 in under
 two hours. The
 German engineers predict they can increase that rate to 7.0
 kW in the
 future.
 
 The circular design of the coils comes in a compact,
 lightweight package
 that is equal parts subtle and slick. The floor-mounted
 baseplate will
 function even when exposed to rain and snow, and the car’s
 receiver coil can
 be activated with the push of a button.
 
 To keep the neighborhood cats safe and grounded, the current
 is
 automatically shut off if any foreign bodies are detected.
 BMW allows users
 to monitor the charging process with the i Wallbox and
 accompanying
 smartphone app.
 
 As always, BMW strives to be an innovator. In May, the
 German company
 announced a solar-powered carport that would allow i3 and i8
 owners to
 charge their vehicles easily and conveniently at home.
 
 The i Solar Concept gathers energy from the sun and funnels
 it into the
 customer’s car. If the vehicle is charged, owners can
 siphon excess power
 into their residence. The carport is even made from green
 materials like
 bamboo and carbon fiber, making the energy source as
 sustainable as the cars
 themselves.
 [© digitaltrends.com]
 ...
 
http://ecomento.com/2014/07/08/bmw-and-daimler-co-develop-wireless-electric-car-charging/
 BMW and Daimler co-develop wireless electric car charging
 July 8, 2014 – Richard Lane
 ...
 
http://www.thegreencarwebsite.co.uk/blog/index.php/2014/07/08/bmw-and-daimler-team-up-for-wireless-charging-for-evs/
 BMW and Daimler team up for wireless charging for EVs
 ...
 
http://www.worldtechtoday.com/bmw-working-on-three-hour-wireless-inductive-charging-for-i3-i8-and-x5/12426/edward-jones
 BMW Working on Three-Hour Wireless Inductive Charging for
 i3, i8 and X5
 July 10, 2014
 
 
 
 
http://www.mnn.com/your-home/remodeling-design/sponsorstory/wireless-ev-charging-on-the-horizon-but-is-it-safe
 Wireless EV Charging on the Horizon, But is It Safe?
 [July 15, 2014]
 
 
 
 
 For all EVLN posts use:
 
http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date
 
 
https://suncountryhighway.ca/news-media/2014/07/businessman-leads-drive-charging-stations/
 CanadianTire.ca 1st free EVSE EVent 11a-12:30p 7/17
 St-Catharines, ON
 
 
http://jalopnik.com/heres-how-the-nissan-leaf-is-built-from-recycled-fridge-1602309135
 Here's How The Nissan Leaf Is Built From Recycled Fridges
 And Clothing
 
 
http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/jul/09/electric-boris-car-source-london-how-work-paris-autolib
 Electric ‘Boris cars’ coming to London> biggest
 concern is pigeons
 ...
 
http://www.theweek.co.uk/uk-news/59399/electric-car-sharing-scheme-comes-to-london-from-france
 Electric car-sharing scheme comes to London from France
 
 http://green.autoblog.com/2014/07/09/evs-popping-up-where-you-might-not-expect/
 EVs popping up where you might not expect, Mongolia,
 Seychelles, Nepal
 
 
http://icelandreview.com/news/2014/07/07/two-hundred-electric-car-stations-be-set
 'Even' to install 200 public 'free-to-use' EVSE in Iceland
 by 2015
 +
 EVLN: $42k 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class EV r:87mi
 
 
 {brucedp.150m.com}
 
 
 
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[EVDL] EVLN: $42k 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class EV r:87mi

[brucedp5 via EV]

'Less efficient due to it being a converted steel bodied ice vehicle'

http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1093178_2014-mercedes-benz-b-class-electric-car-87-miles-range-84-mpge#
2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Car: 87 Miles Range, 84 MPGe
By John Voelcker  Jul 9, 2014  ht2 Ray Davis

[image  
http://images.thecarconnection.com/lrg/2014-mercedes-benz-b-class_100465606_l.jpg
2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive - First Drive, May 2014

http://images.thecarconnection.com/lrg/2014-mercedes-benz-b-class_100465614_l.jpg
]

The 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class electric car hasn't quite reached dealerships
yet--several are telling customers it could be next week--and its EPA
ratings for range and efficiency have been something of a mystery too.

Now, courtesy of an alert electric-car fan, we know the ratings for the
first battery-electric vehicle sold as a Mercedes.

The range of the B-Class is given by the EPA as 87 miles, and its combined
efficiency is 84 MPGe. (Miles Per Gallon Equivalent, or MPGe, is the
distance an electric car can cover on the amount of energy contained in 1
gallon of gasoline.)

Those aren't particularly stellar ratings, as the following chart shows:

 - 2014 BMW i3 (battery-electric): Range 81 miles, efficiency 124 MPGe
(combined)

 - 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-Class: Range 87 miles, efficiency 84 MPGe (combined)

 - 2014 Nissan Leaf: Range 84 miles, efficiency 114 MPGe (combined)

 - 2014 Tesla Model S (85-kWh): Range 265 miles, efficiency 89 MPGe
(combined)

There are plenty of other battery-electric cars for sale in limited parts of
the country, but the three listed above (besides the Mercedes) are likely to
be the highest-volume entrants in the market next year.

Reader Ray Davis found those B-Class ratings only by doing a "Compare Cars"
on the EPA's FuelEconomy.gov website.

But here's a similar comparison [
http://fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find.do?action=sbs&id=35207&id=35247&id=34699&id=34775
], so you can see for yourself.

In the end, the B-Class proves to be slightly less efficient than the Tesla
Model S but have a slightly longer rated range than the BMW i3 against which
it is often compared.

And that's likely due to its origins as a gasoline- and diesel-engined
vehicle, with a full steel body, that's been converted to electric
operation.

We suspect the electric B-Class will likely sell in smaller numbers than the
mass-market Leaf, the glamorous and long-range Tesla, and probably the BMW
i3 as well.

Next year's sales data will tell.
[© greencarreports.com]
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http://insideevs.com/mercedes-benz-b-class-electric-drive-epa-rated-87-miles-range-84-mpge/
Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive – EPA Rated 87 Miles Of Range, 84 MPGe
[2014/07/10] by Eric Loveday
...
http://www.bmwblog.com/2014/07/10/mercedes-benz-b-class-electric-drive-epa-rated-87-miles-range-84-mpge/
Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive – EPA Rated 87 Miles Of Range, 84 MPGe
July 10th, 2014 by Horatiu Boeriu
...
http://www.auto-types.com/autonews/launching-of-first-electric-mercedes-benz-autonomous-future-vehicle-11843.html
Launching of First Electric Mercedes-Benz Autonomous Future Vehicle r:85mi
By James Wilkins  July 13, 2014
...
http://www.torquenews.com/2250/why-mercedes-benz-b-class-electric-drive-has-only-87-mile-range
Why the range of the Mercedes-Benz B-Class Electric Drive is only 87 miles
By Luke Ottaway  2014-07-13
...
http://www.caranddriver.com/mercedes-benz/b-class-electric-drive
Overview: The compact B-class arrives as the first all-electric Mercedes to
be sold here. It utilizes a 177-hp electric motor and front-wheel drive.
Mercedes estimates its range at 85 miles and its 0-to-60 time at 7.9
seconds; it can be charged to a 60-mile range on 240 volts in a bit more
than two hours. Pricing starts at just over $42,000 and navigation,
collision prevention, and mbrace2 are included. It will go on sale in 10
states this July, and 50-state availability is expected to follow. First
Drive – 2014 Mercedes-Benz B-class Electric Drive >>




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Wireless EV Charging on the Horizon, But is It Safe?

http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/cables-needed-bmw-daimler-working-wireless-charging-technology-evs/
No cables needed: BMW and Daimler working on wireless charging technology
for EVs
By Andrew Hard — July 11, 2014

[image  
http://icdn2.digitaltrends.com/image/rsz_p90155654.jpg
Wireless Charging Technology
]

With the help of BMW and Daimler, electric vehicles are taking the next step
toward worry-free ownership.

The German automakers recently announced a joint effort to develop a
wireless charging system for the i3 electric vehicle and i8 plug-in hybrid.

EVs don’t need oil changes, filter replacements, or emissions testing, so
they’re already extremely convenient to own. If the inductive wireless
charging technology is viable, EV owners won’t even need to worry about
refueling.

BMW and Daimler’s charging tech works in the same way wireless cell phone
chargers do, just on a larger scale. An alternating magnetic field transmits
energy between two sets of coils: one mounted onto the car’s parking area
(usually a garage floor), and a secondary coil on the vehicle itself.

The array transmits energy at a charging rate of 3.6 kilowatts, which,
according to BMW, is enough to fully charge an i8 in under two hours. The
German engineers predict they can increase that rate to 7.0 kW in the
future.

The circular design of the coils comes in a compact, lightweight package
that is equal parts subtle and slick. The floor-mounted baseplate will
function even when exposed to rain and snow, and the car’s receiver coil can
be activated with the push of a button.

To keep the neighborhood cats safe and grounded, the current is
automatically shut off if any foreign bodies are detected. BMW allows users
to monitor the charging process with the i Wallbox and accompanying
smartphone app.

As always, BMW strives to be an innovator. In May, the German company
announced a solar-powered carport that would allow i3 and i8 owners to
charge their vehicles easily and conveniently at home.

The i Solar Concept gathers energy from the sun and funnels it into the
customer’s car. If the vehicle is charged, owners can siphon excess power
into their residence. The carport is even made from green materials like
bamboo and carbon fiber, making the energy source as sustainable as the cars
themselves.
[© digitaltrends.com]
...
http://ecomento.com/2014/07/08/bmw-and-daimler-co-develop-wireless-electric-car-charging/
BMW and Daimler co-develop wireless electric car charging
July 8, 2014 – Richard Lane
...
http://www.thegreencarwebsite.co.uk/blog/index.php/2014/07/08/bmw-and-daimler-team-up-for-wireless-charging-for-evs/
BMW and Daimler team up for wireless charging for EVs
...
http://www.worldtechtoday.com/bmw-working-on-three-hour-wireless-inductive-charging-for-i3-i8-and-x5/12426/edward-jones
BMW Working on Three-Hour Wireless Inductive Charging for i3, i8 and X5
July 10, 2014



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Wireless EV Charging on the Horizon, But is It Safe?
[July 15, 2014]




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