On July 27 2011, HaloIPT announced a new strategic partnership with Drayson Racing Technologies, the green R&D racing organization. It was founded by Lord Drayson, former UK Minister for Science and Innovation. The partnership intends to use HaloIPT's unique wireless charging technology to power high-performance cars as they race around the track. This partnership, which develops and races green motorsport technology, including electric vehicles (EV), aims to pioneer the deployment of dynamic (in-motion) charging of zero emission electric vehicles. The racing cars, fitted with HaloIPT technology, will pick up power wirelessly from transmitters buried under the surface of the road or race track; transferring power directly to the vehicle's electric battery, ensuring that the vehicle receives constant charging on the move.
The innovation is now feasible because HaloIPT has tried and tested the technology showing it provides a significant tolerance to misalignment over the transmitter pads, automatically adjusting for changing vertical gap. Indeed, the system has the ability to intelligently distribute power: ensuring a consistent delivery of power at speed. The partners will work together on the development of electric drive-train packages and trackside-charging systems to replace the internal combustion engine and fuel pit stops. KAIST of Korea recently sold a very different slow speed dynamic charging system for electric vehicles at Boston Logan International Airport in the USA.
Lord Paul Drayson, who is co-founder of Drayson Racing says: "Dynamic wireless charging will be a real game-changer, enabling zero emission electric vehicles to race over long periods without the need for heavy batteries. This is a milestone innovation that will have a dramatic effect not just on racing but on the mainstream auto industry. We're looking forward to putting this technology through its paces as it charges electric race cars at speeds of up to 200 mph."
Dr Anthony Thomson, CEO of HaloIPT, added: "HaloIPT's technology has a proven heritage in dynamic charging and we are excited to be transferring this expertise to the electric vehicle market. The deal with Drayson Racing demonstrates the appetite for technology that makes driving an electric car more convenient, and this is certainly the case in the motorsport sector - nothing could be more convenient than a race car that re-fuels itself on the track; innovation that will have a dramatic effect not just on racing but on the mainstream auto industry. We're looking forward to putting this technology through its paces as it charges electric race cars at speeds of up to 200 mph."
Dr Anthony Thomson, CEO of HaloIPT, commented: "HaloIPT's technology has a proven heritage in dynamic charging and we are excited to be transferring this expertise to the electric vehicle market. The deal with Drayson Racing demonstrates the appetite for technology that makes driving an electric car more convenient, and this is certainly the case in the motorsport sector - nothing could be more convenient than a race car that re-fuels itself on the track."
For more attend Electric Vehicles Land Sea Air USA 2012 where a large number of electric vehicle manufacturers not seen in conventional EV events will present including WheelTug aircraft electrification, MotoVolta, LLC motorbikes, SolTrac farm tractors, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute AUVs and manufacturers of industrial, commercial, military, e-bike, cars and other EVs.
Also read, Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure 2011-2021 .
Image source: Drayson Racing Technologies
