n average, you park your EV once every nine
miles. Imagine if every one of those times,
your car could quickly recharge without any
intervention on your part.
This is the vision of Easelink, an EV charging com-
pany based in Graz, Austria. Easelink wants to put its
Matrix Charging technology in parking spots far and
wide to make EV charging as effortless as possible.
Hands-free like wireless inductive charging but with
the efficiency of conductive chargers, Matrix Charging
technology was designed to be the standard in auto-
matic EV charging.
With or without wires
In 2015, Hermann Stockinger was contemplating the
state of EV charging. He found that there are two main
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Easelink wants to set a new standard for
automatic charging where conductive
efficiency meets inductive convenience
By Paul Beckapproaches to charging an EV battery: conductive
charging, the familiar plug-in method that involves
battery and power source making physical contact; and
inductive charging, more commonly referred to as wire-
less charging.
Wireless charging is convenient and intuitive. A driv-
er positions his or her vehicle above a wireless charging
pad and lets electromagnetism take care of the rest.
It’s the same way many smartphone users can set their
phone on a charging cradle and watch the charge meter
climb. However, unlike smartphone charging, wireless
EV charging is still in its early stages. Easelink argues
that wireless costs and efficiency are far from ready for
widespread commercial adoption.
Conductive charging, on the other hand, is the stan-
dard way most drivers charge their vehicles today. They