Literature Review on Wireless Charging Technologies: Future Trend for Electric Vehicle?

Abstract

Transportation is considered as the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Recently, many European countries and the World Health organization (WHO) have passed laws to reduce road vehicles emissions, which are responsible for 60.7% of European road transport air pollution. The electrification of vehicles required various charging infrastructure options. One of the state-of-the-art technologies is dynamic wireless charging systems (to deliver energy to the EV in motion). Thus, this paper summarizes distinct static and dynamic wireless charging technologies for electric vehicles. Analyzing different wireless power transfers and their limitations shows that the static wireless charging stations in house garages or open parking lots and dynamic charging infrastructures in smart roads or highway-charging lanes will be promising solutions in the near future to make electric vehicle charging easier or without making stops for recharging.