Electric vehicles are cutting the cord.
The Korean company revealed last week that the Genesis GV60, Hyundai's first electric vehicle, can be charged wirelessly.
The compact SUV was unveiled Thursday. American company WiTricity also announced a wireless charging option. The EV will be powered by the same battery platform that is used in Hyundai's upcoming electric vehicle line. Hyundai estimates that the EV will have a range of approximately 270 miles on one charge.
The Genesis car will debut in Korea in late 2018, before being launched in the United States in 2022. It will be the first electric vehicle that can be parked on a charging pad and start charging the battery when it arrives in the U.S. There is no plug.
To fully charge the mat, it will take six hours to park it over the mat. This is in contrast to charging your home wall or public station charger for 10 hours.
With its plug-in hybrid, BMW was the first company to offer wireless charging in America. The Genesis will be the first electric car that uses inductive charging at 100 percent. Hyundai did not go into details, but said that wireless charging was an option and not a standard feature on every Genesis GV60.
Only 600 new EVs in Korea will come with wireless charging capabilities.
Although it isn't as fast as a Tesla Supercharger you can still plug in.
