I read an article called Electric Vehicle Drive-Up and Recharge Plan Unveiled on the Tech Europe Blog. The article is about a company, HaloIPT, has developed a technology that allows electric cars to wirelessly recharge their batteries. Owners of electric cars simply park their cars over an embedded induction pad in a garage or car park to recharge their cars. Before this technology was developed, owners need to use a cable to recharge their cars. Now the owners do not have to worry when they forget to plug in the cable into their cars. The recharging stations are not easy to access, and the recharging process takes 12 hours, so driving an electric car brings burden to a user. With the new recharging system, only 5 hours is needed to recharge a completely flat battery. The company also aims to install the pads in places where people park their cars everyday such as workplaces and supermarket car parks. To test the ability of the wireless recharging system, the company was wise to use an electrically powered bus in their experiment, because large vehicles can better test the extent of the technology.
The technology development company integrated the social trend of going green into their product development process really well. The company introduced a new technology that will break down the barriers of driving an electric car. This new technology will increase demand of electric cars. It satisfies the needs of current and potential electric car users by making the recharging process more convenient and eliminating the battery-recharging problems. In my opinion, this new technological system will be a success, because the company targets into a growing market of environmental friendly car users. Since HaloIPT is introducing a new technology, the technical team needs to design campaigns that inform people about how the system works and its benefits. When this recharge system is released in Canada, I think I will consider purchasing an electric car, because without the battery-recharging problem, an electric car is a great transportation tool that helps reduce pollution and is energy efficient.
