General Motors will start offering wireless charging for smartphones in some vehicles next year, according to a Bloomberg report citing remarks from Powermat Technologies.
The report said that the new technology dispenses with the need to plug in cable to recharge devices and that drivers of some 2014 GM models will be able to place mobile devices onto a Powermat surface inside the car to draw electricity.
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Ran Poliakine, chief executive officer of Powermat Technologies Ltd, a provider of wireless charging technology, reportedly said that GM would be the first carmaker to build the company’s technology into its models.
The wireless charging technology uses magnetic fields and the principle of induction. Charging time is said to be comparable to wired connections.
GM Ventures, the company’s venture capital subsidiary, has invested some USD5m in Powermat to accelerate the technology’s development and support efforts to grow Powermat’s business globally.
