Keynote at CES 2024 in Las Vegas on new green tech initiatives at Bosch: Charging electric cars will soon be automatic. Photo: Manufacturer
On a trial basis, Bosch and VW are allowing electric cars to automatically drive to a charging station and refill their batteries. The vehicles then independently look for a free space in the parking garage. The automotive supplier presented the joint test with Volkswagen’s software subsidiary Cariad on Monday at the CES technology trade fair in Las Vegas.
They see the idea as a solution to waiting times in front of the columns and blocking fees for drivers who do not drive their cars away quickly enough after charging is complete.
Bosch and VW are working on automatically charging electric cars. Photo: Bosch
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It is also available to consumers with appropriately equipped cars in a parking garage at Stuttgart Airport. According to its own information, Bosch has begun to equip other parking garages in Germany with the necessary infrastructure.TrendingGreentech.LIVE Conference April 25-27, 2024 (Spring Edition) Greentech Bosch electric car charging automatically CES 2024
Greentech CES: automatic parking without additional technology in the vehicle
Meanwhile, the South Korean company HL Mando is trying to automate parking without additional technology in the vehicle. At CES, the company is showing a system called Parkie – a flat platform with electric motors that goes under cars, lifts them and moves them around the parking lot.
HL Mando sees the advantage that the parking space can be used more efficiently: Parkie can also drive sideways and is not dependent on the turning radius of the car.
The platform can move vehicles weighing up to three tons and a battery charge should last up to five hours. HL Mando wants to sell the platforms to parking lot operators for around $100,000 each.