Fast Car – September 2019

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New gear from the big wide world of car culture...

We’ve all noticed this sort of tech in the latest
modern motors. And we’ve all seen the fl ashy
bastards on the automotive spectrum slink
into their driver’s seat, smugly lob their phone
on charge simply by popping it in the centre
console pocket, and then drive around bobbing
their heads like the bloke taking his kid to school
in the VW Tiguan ad.
But you know what? Anyone who can do that
has every right to give it the Charlie Big Potatoes
in our book. With all the top-end mobiles
embracing the wireless charging revolution
nowadays, we’d be wrong not to get all excited
about it too. It’s clearly the future. Besides,
fi shing around for that charging cable is, like,
soooo 2018, right?
So, that’s where these swanky plug ‘n’
play items are a master stroke of German
engineering. They simply allow you to retro fi t a
perfectly matched charging pad into cars that
haven’t got one as standard.
There’s loads of fi tments available already,
apparently with many more on the way. But,

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New gear from the big wide world of car culture...

if yours isn’t listed, they make a universal item
that does the job nicely too – albeit not quite as
specifi cally matched to your standard interior.
There’s not a lot more to it than that; one of
these will charge compatible devices - like good
looking people say way too much on Love Island,

“it is what it is”. We will say one thing though -
these offer some bona fi de twenty-fi rst century
poodle plumage!
http://www.beyondproducts.uk

VEHICLE-SPECIFIC WIRELESS CHARGING PADS, FROM £50


Available For...


BMW 1 series
Citroen Berlingo, C2, C3 and C4
Fiat Skudo
Ford Fiesta Mk7 and Focus Mk3
Mazda CX-5
Peugeot 207, 3008, 307 and 5008
Renault Megane
Suzuki Swift
VW Crafter
VW EOS 2006 – 2015
VW Golf Mk5, Golf Cab, Golf Estate, Jetta and
Scirocco
And loads more too...
Free download pdf