GM"s Cadillac to be Equipped with Wireless Charging Panels

Good news for smartphone users as GM plans to bring wireless charging to its 2015 Cadillac ATS sport sedan and coupe launching this fall. Company may be going to a rough patch but it has not stopped it from planning for the future. This feature will give the consumers a hassle free charging experience.

“A recent survey from IHS revealed that 70 percent of consumers charge their mobile phone at least once per day, with 30 percent charging more than once,” said Ryan Sanderson, associate director, Power Supply & Storage Components at IHS Technology. He further added “This is driving demand for charging access in multiple locations throughout the day, something wireless charging can address in a more convenient way than the consumer having to carry one or more wired chargers around with them on a daily basis”. This shows people need to charge their phone frequently, and most of them do this while travelling in car. GM bringing PowerMats to charge phones without cords will be great feature for smartphone users. Below this the photo of PowerMat installed in the car.

This will be an addition to 4G LTE capability of Cadillac. According to Powermat CEO Ran Poliakine “Our integration into the Cadillac ATS is only the first step in the evolution of portable power in places that include your car, your coffee house and even your favorite sporting arena.”

Here is a video of wireless charging below.

GM"s Cadillac to be Equipped with Wireless Charging Panels

Starbucks and Duracell team up to make wireless charging Powermats

Battery maker Duracell is likely to team up with Starbucks to bring nearly 100,000 Powermats at Starbucks outlet in San Francisco area. This means that people who visit the café would be simultaneously able to charge the smartphones through the wireless charging Powermats. This initiative made by Starbucks is expected to grow larger as the wireless Powermat concept would spread across different regions of US market in the upcoming months. However, this wireless charging technology would be based on PMa standards rather than the Qi one.

The will give users the relief of rather using only compatible devices like HTC, BlackBerry, ZTE, Samsung and others which come with the Qualcomm chipsets supporting the Qi wireless charging standards. Here is what the Duracell President Stassi Anastassov had to say regarding this news – “Starbucks is transforming the way consumers get power to their phones, in much the same way it made WiFi a standard amenity in public places. This endeavor is a critical step in Duracell’s vision to make dead battery anxiety a thing of the past.”

Starbucks and Duracell team up to make wireless charging Powermats