UK Power Networks leads wireless charging trial
By Jim Gibbins - 1st February 2019
UK – UK Power Networks (UKPN) is heading a three-month pilot scheme aimed at demonstrating commercial viability of wireless EV charging. The trial is funded by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles and Innovate UK. Partners in the scheme include UPS, High Speed 1 and the Warwick Manufacturing Group.
Wireless charging technology is being deployed in three live locations in London and Tamworth. UPS delivery vans will be charged at the company’s depot in Tamworth while they are being loaded with parcels, while electric taxis will receive charge wirelessly when waiting for passengers outside St Pancras International railway station in central London.
