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Old 08-22-2021, 05:26 PM   #96 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
GM reported a 99% efficiency for it's EV1 inductive charge port of 1996.
Seems like they've pretty much 'nailed it.'
At what distance was that inductive coupling accomplished?

Almost everything that radiates drops off with the square of the distance, so unless your inductors are practically touching your efficiency starts getting poor rather quickly.

If you have to have the two parts basically touching, why not just have a plug at that point? It's cheaper, it's well-understood, and it's here right now.

-soD
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