Report Title: WTRS Wireless Charging for Electric Vehicles Emerging Technology Report 2011
Product Code: WT052311WCEV
Published: May 2011
Report Stats: 39 pages; 28 tables & figures; 16 profiled companies
Format: Electronic PDF Document
Price: $3,500
Overview:
The WTRS Wireless Charging for Electric Vehicles Emerging Technology Report 2011 focuses on the prospects for emerging wireless (inductive) charging technologies in electric vehicle applications. It analyzes the activities and developments of companies and standards bodies and focuses on emerging wireless charging technologies.
The report also includes market trends & forecasts, standards development, consumer adoption characteristics, and strategic developments. Finally, a 5-year forecast that details unit shipments, segmented into four global GDP growth scenarios, by market application provides data that can be used to build business or product plans.
Executive Summary
Promotion of electric vehicles have been the long term goal of many legislative and governmental bodies throughout the world for many years. While some automotive manufacturers willingly responded to the requests to adapt vehicles to electric power, away from gasoline-based engines, many manufacturers have been slow to adapt to the change.
Some governments have made financial incentives available to consumers purchasing these new vehicles to absorb costs associated with low volume manufacturing. While this eliminates much of the cost-related objections a consumer may have, there are more fundamental barriers to adoption that can easily be alleviated with wireless charging technology implementation.
Consumer education is required in order to shift buying behaviors to electric vehicles. Also, most importantly, an adequate charging infrastructure needs to be in place before consumer markets can grow.
Drivers for the adoption of wireless charging technology in electric vehicles are independent of consumer versus mass transit use:
Safety,
Convenience, and
Reduction of Operating Costs.
Beyond commercializing the wireless charging technology, an effort currently underway in a number of strong participating companies, electronics and automotive manufacturers need to decide on industry standards and certification processes for wireless charging technology. The standard development process is lengthy and presents an inhibitor to market adoption of wireless charging technology.
However the benefits of implementing wireless charging technology in electric vehicles far outweigh the challenges. The technology not only offers a solution to the safety and convenience issues currently inhibiting electric vehicle adoption, but also presents an opportunity to change consumer behavior. If implemented correctly, wireless charging infrastructures could enable uninterrupted, limitless vehicle range and totally eliminate the requirement to go to a filling/charging station. Combined with wireless communication technology, wireless charging could further abstract the maintenance and care of electric vehicles turning them truly into transportation tools and away from devices that require thought and attention. In a very real sense wireless charging technology offers the equivalent change for consumer usage of the vehicle as cell phones with integrated downloadable third party applications and location and accelerometer capability has done for communications.
Table of Contents
1. Methodology
2. Executive Summary
3. Industry and Market Overview
a. Wireless Charging Technology for Electric Vehicle Applications
b. Industry Technology Developers
c. University and Research Center Activity
d. Automotive Manufacturer Involvement
4. Market Drivers
a. Cost Efficiency
b. Safety
c. Does the Consumer Really Benefit?
d. Public Demand for Charging Stations
e. Enabling Next Generation Electric Vehicles
5. Business Case Analysis
a. Public Transportation
b. Consumer Electric Vehicles
6. Standards Development
7. Key Participant Profiles
a. BMW
b. Chrysler
c. Conductix-Wampfler
d. Delphi Automotive
e. Evatran
f. Ford Motor Company
g. HaloIPT
h. Hino Motors
g. KAIST
h. Nissan Motors
i. Oak Ridge National Laboratory
j. SEW-EURODRIVE
k. Siemens
l. Toyota Motor Company
m. VAHLE Inc
n. WiTricity
8. Market Forecasts
a. Automotive Wireless Charging Technology Market Forecasts
b. Mass Transit Wireless Charging Technology Market Forecasts
Figures and Tables
1. WTRS Forecast Methodology Process Flow
2. Scope
3. Electric Vehicle Wireless Charging Market Summary Sheet
4. Electromagnetic Induction Techniques
5. Developers of Wireless Charging Technology for Vehicles
6. University Research Centers
7. Consumer & Manufacturer Benefits Analysis
8. Wireless Charging for Electric Vehicles Market Driver Analysis
9. Next Generation Electric Vehicles Expand Future Service Offerings
10. Regional Standards Development Activities
11. BMW Wireless Charging Technology Quadrant
12. Chrysler Wireless Charging Technology Quadrant
13. Conductix-Wampfler Wireless Charging Technology Quadrant
14. Delphi Wireless Charging Technology Quadrant
15. Evatran Wireless Charging Technology Quadrant
16. Ford Wireless Charging Technology Quadrant
17. HaloIPT Wireless Charging Technology Quadrant
18. Hino Motors Wireless Charging Technology Quadrant
19. KAIST Wireless Charging Technology Quadrant
20. Nissan Motors Wireless Charging Technology Quadrant
21. Oak Ridge National Laboratory Wireless Charging Technology Quadrant
22. SEW-EURODRIVE Wireless Charging Technology Quadrant
23. Siemens Wireless Charging Technology Quadrant
24. Toyota Wireless Charging Technology Quadrant
25. VAHLE Wireless Charging Technology Quadrant
26. WiTricity Wireless Charging Technology Quadrant
27. Automotive Wireless Charging Technology Shipment Forecast (2011-2016)
28. Mass Transit Wireless Charging Technology Shipment Forecast (2011-2016)
