Hyundai and Kia reveal integrated wireless EV charging and autonomous parking system concept

Electric vehicles will eventually become commonplace in the future, and one of the biggest headaches then will undoubtedly concern juicing up the ride, specifically in public places.

While charging speeds will continue improve, making for faster top-ups, ensuring that every car gets what is needed may be a trickier thing, as is the case today when a fully-charged vehicle is sometimes left docked in a public charging location for hours beyond that needed. To expect more charging bays sounds like a costly proposition, so how best then to maximise efficiency?

Hyundai and Kia are proposing a system that will answer those needs, the concept being based on electric vehicle wireless charging working in tandem with an automated valet parking system (AVPS).

The system attempts to solve the problem of overcrowding of both parking and charging locations by relocating fully charged vehicles from charging stations and allow other awaiting electric vehicles to charge, all in fully automated fashion.

Upon commanding the vehicle to charge using a smartphone, the vehicle will automatically cruise to a vacant wireless charging station. When the vehicle is fully charged, it will relocate to another vacant parking space using the AVPS, allowing other vehicles to charge at the spot. When the driver calls for the vehicle, it will then autonomously return to the location of the driver.

The overall process is performed by continuous communication between the electric vehicle, parking facility, charging system and driver. In this case, the parking facility sends location of empty parking spaces and charging stations, while the charging system updates the charging status of the vehicle in real-time.

Hyundai and Kia – which plan to launch fully autonomous vehicles by 2030 – say that they are looking into commercialising the tech for Level 4 autonomous vehicles by around 2025.

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Comments

  • John Cinta MO1 on Jan 07, 2019 at 6:45 pm

    The Koreans have came a long way.

    Once upon a time, Kia and Hyundai vehicles were just plain horrible. Here in Malaysia, they were in the same league as Proton, probably even worse!

    But one day, the Koreans decided to change for the better. They decided to stop eating kimchi all day and lepak. They knew that if they were to continue what they were doing, both Kia and Hyundai will literally be eradicated by their rivals.

    Fast forward to today, Hyundai and Kia sells millions if cars worldwide with fantastic designs, reliability and even driving pleasure. Yes, you read that right. Tak percaya, tengoklah review-review Kia Stinger di Youtube.

    Proton is the complete opposite. The workers still lepak and drink teh 8 times everyday. That is why, Proton can’t sell well outside of Malaysia.

    Luckily, Geely is now saving Proton and making the workers in Proton work hard

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    • stastasta on Jan 09, 2019 at 3:46 pm

      i remember 15-20 years ago , hyundai elantra and kia spectra were on par with proton waja. look how far the koreans have progressed. and today useless proton is back to square one rebadging cars .

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  • YB Kunta Kinte on Jan 08, 2019 at 8:58 am

    Hyundai and Kia used to be the joke of the town 20 years ago. If you drive their cars, people laugh at you and look down on you.

    But Hyundai and Kia decided to change. They decided to work hard. No more goyang kaki, no more lepak and no more relax in factory.

    Today, they are top sales in USA and Australia and globally they sell 8 million cars per annum.

    This is something Proton needs to learn. Look at their vision for EV charging also, it is like 20 years ahead.

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  • Mahmood on Jan 08, 2019 at 9:29 am

    Proton EV mana? Lama saya tunggu ni

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  • Mahmood on Jan 08, 2019 at 9:31 am

    Iriz EV mana lah? 5 tahun saya tunggu ni sejak Proton tayang Iriz EV kepada rakyat

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  • Jarrod on Jan 08, 2019 at 9:37 am

    Don’t worry, Proton CEO also say Proton also got autonomous

    So high tech one! fuyooh!

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  • Kimchi has advanced.
    P1 has advanced.
    But P2 still selling unsafe junks to the pipu and their SA come here talk bollocks to justify endangering the pipu lives.
    And for what? Just for all that money & profits sent to Jepun. Somemore Jepunis lords only allow P2 to rebadge dinosar Toyota models only sold in 3rd world countries. Whats worse, they even had the cheek to remove some features and safety.
    MY Pipu gets lousy unsafe cars and risking their lives daily on the roads in these deathtraps, but untung goes back to Jepun.

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