VW To Make Charging A Taycan As Fast As Getting Gas

Electric vehicles are pretty impressive as a technological exercise, but if there's one thing that you can always count on, it's that engineers will always look for a way to make things better. At present, most electric cars are charged in a similar way to how one would top up gas or diesel in an internal combustion-powered machine, they just take longer. Butwireless chargingis the next step to making EVs even more attractive to the buying public. The tech hasbeen around for some time, but it can always get better, and that's what Volkswagen is working towards. The auto giant has announced that it is experimenting with thePorsche Taycanin an effort to bring wireless charging times down, with the goal of achieving an 80% recharge in just 10 minutes.

The work is being done at Volkswagen Group of America's Innovation Hub in Knoxville, which is where the automaker works on applied material science. The unit has now expanded its research collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee. Oak Ridge is the largest US Department of Energy science and energy laboratory.

The goal of the collaboration is to focus on material science development and recycling to improve electric mobility. The first project is to achieve the goal of developing a higher-power wireless charger. Volkswagen aims to do this through "breakthrough designs that focus electromagnetic waves to eliminate interference, thus increasing efficiency." In the first trials of the tech, a prototype system has provided promising results, with up to 98% of the energy used reaching the vehicle's battery.