Thursday December 22, 2022 4:23 p.m. PST by Juli Clover
Tesla contiguous announced the motorboat of the Tesla Wireless Charging Platform, a $300 wireless charger that is capable to complaint up to 3 Qi devices astatine 1 time.
The conception is somewhat akin to the AirPower that Apple wanted to nutrient arsenic the 3 devices tin beryllium placed anyplace connected the Tesla charging mat, receiving up to 15W of powerfulness each.
Tesla says that the angular plan of the charging mat was inspired by the look of the Cybertruck, and it features an aluminum lodging with an alcantara aboveground and detachable magnetic basal that tin beryllium utilized for charging level oregon astatine an angle.
Inspired by the angular plan and metallic styling of Cybertruck, our Wireless Charging Platform provides 15W of accelerated charging powerfulness per instrumentality for up to 3 devices simultaneously. Its sleek plan is composed of an aluminum housing, premium alcantara aboveground and a detachable magnetic basal that allows you to laic the charger level oregon astatine an space for amended viewing. Featuring FreePower(R) technology, which charges your Qi susceptible devices specified arsenic phones oregon earbuds placed anyplace connected its aboveground without precise alignment.
Apple successful September 2017 announced the AirPower, a multi-device charger designed to complaint the iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods each astatine once. Apple wanted users to beryllium capable to spot their devices anyplace connected the AirPower to charge, but the overlapping wireless coils required were problematic, with Apple seeing vigor absorption and interference issues that prevented the merchandise from being viable. While the AirPower was meant to motorboat successful 2018, it ne'er appeared, and Apple confirmed its cancelation successful 2019.
Tesla's charging mat is utilizing FreePower, a exertion from Aira that has been utilized successful different wireless charging platforms similar the Base Station Pro from Nomad. Nomad's Base Station Pro besides supported charging from anyplace connected the charging platform, but it turned retired to beryllium problematic due to the fact that it did not enactment good with the iPhone 12 and aboriginal due to the fact that of a firmware issue.
While Tesla's conception is akin to what Apple hoped to execute with the AirPower, it is constricted to Qi-based devices similar the iPhone and the AirPods and it does not complaint the Apple Watch.
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