Polyphase wireless power transfer system achieves 270-kilowatt charge, sets another world record for electric light-duty passenger vehicles

Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

ORNL’s Omer Onar, left, power electronics research lead, discusses the 270-kW wireless charging system’s lightweight polyphase electromagnetic coupling coil, pictured in foreground, with Lee Slezak, center, DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office technology manager for grid and charging infrastructures.

« Polyphase wireless power transfer system achieves 270-kilowatt charge, sets another world record for electric light-duty passenger vehicles

Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

ORNL researchers collaborated with Volkswagen Group of America to demonstrate the wireless 270-kW power transfer to a Porsche Taycan.

« Polyphase wireless power transfer system achieves 270-kilowatt charge, sets another world record for electric light-duty passenger vehicles

Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

Left to right: Researchers Mostak Mohammad, Emrullah Aydin, Veda Galigekere, Omer Onar, Subho Mukherjee and Andrew Foote were part of the team that coordinated the development and demonstration of ORNL’s record-setting 270-kW wireless power transfer to a light-duty passenger vehicle.

« Polyphase wireless power transfer system achieves 270-kilowatt charge, sets another world record for electric light-duty passenger vehicles

Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

Volkswagen Group officials visited ORNL to view the lab’s novel lightweight polyphase electromagnetic charging system, capable of transferring unprecedented power to electric vehicles.

« Polyphase wireless power transfer system achieves 270-kilowatt charge, sets another world record for electric light-duty passenger vehicles

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