---
title: "Carmakers Expected to Roll Out Wireless Car Chargers This Year"
description: "Carmakers are expected to release wireless charging pads for electric cars based on a universally agreed-upon standard as soon as this year."
date: "2020-02-22"
modified: "2020-02-22"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/wireless-car-chargers-standard"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
tags:
  - "the digest"
  - "wireless charger"
  - "wireless charging"
---

# Carmakers Expected to Roll Out Wireless Car Chargers This Year

![Carmakers are expected to release wireless charging pads for electric cars based on a universally agreed-upon standard as soon as this year.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/wireless-car-chargers-standard.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: BMW\</em\>*

## Wireless Charging Cars

Carmakers are expected to release wireless charging pads for electric cars based on a universally agreed-upon standard as soon as this year, [*CNET* reports](<https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/replace-electric-car-charging-cable-with-wireless-charging/>).

The chargers work (more or less) the same way as wireless smartphone chargers: you roll the vehicle on top of the pad, and the car starts charging. Without the need of plugging it in.

The goal's to make it as easy as possible for consumers to charge their electric vehicles and to standardize future wireless charging spots both in public and at home.

To get there, the Society of Automotive Engineers came up with [a standard](<https://www.sae.org/standards/content/j2954/>) (SAE J2954) that is in its final stages of development, according to *CNET*.

## Going Wireless

German automaker BMW has already [shown off](<https://youtu.be/GlrcPrzuPMM>) a wireless charging tray that owners can place on the floor of their garage. When the car shuts off its ignition, the pad starts charging the car automatically.

There's no guarantees wireless charging, let alone the proposed standard, will become ubiquitous and adopted on a large scale. Municipalities will have to be convinced the extra costs of installing public wireless charging spots are worth the investment — especially on top of the existing costs of installing conventional charging stations.

**READ MORE:** [Ditch the cable with wireless car charging](<https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/replace-electric-car-charging-cable-with-wireless-charging/>) \[*CNET*\]

**More on wireless charging:** *[Wireless Charging Tech Lets Drones Stay Aloft Indefinitely](<https://futurism.com/drone-charging-mid-flight>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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