Tuesday 28 July 2015

Hyundai and Kia Working On Wireless Charging



Kai, Hyundai working on creating a wireless charging plug-in.

According to recent reported on automobile industry, reported by Hybrid Cars; Kia along with its sister automaker Hyundai, motors are currently working with another company- Mojo Mobility in order to to develop a wireless charging system for vehicles that would act as a plug-in for it.

For this program, according to the circulating reports, the companies have received funding from the US Department of Energy's Vehicle Technologies Program. As fat as the development of this initiative is concerned, then the companies have found that the wireless stations can be charged at about 92% efficiency. However, regarding the subject of development, no timeline as of yet has been provided or disclosed to the public. Hence, nobody can say regarding when the charging stations will be made open for the public.



Earlier this year, in order to be ahead of its rivals, Hyundai made use of low-cost safety measures and latest autonomous features by 2020. The rollout of w3hich is expected to start this season with the migration of Hyundai's advanced driver assist systems, or ADAS, to the Elantra small car.

Moreover, Hyundai also plans to introduce in high-end vehicles that will enable to use new lane-keeping cruise control at any speed. However, Hyundai present technology only works at speeds more than 37mph. The company is basically moving towards autonomous driving, it is developing a new traffic jam assist technology that allows controlling acceleration, steering, braking without the input of the driver.

The new technology was also demonstrated outside Seoul, Hyundai Genesis followed a car through a track that included a S-turn slalom and U-turn and it was all done by the driver by just keeping his hands rested in his laps.

Hyundai also decided to focus on advanced security as different automakers are offering advanced safety technology at reasonable prices in normal vehicles. Just a few years back, technologies like automatic braking and active cruise control options were only found in high-end cars costing more than $1500.

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