- The engineer Cybertruck states that Tesla has discarded plans for wireless load
- The height of the cybertruck has been cited as a reason for technology not to work
- Porsche has announced that it will launch inductive technology next year
Tesla had the rumor in full swing last year when a series of events hinted that the company was exploring the wireless and inductive load. But those hopes have now faded.
Tesla fans with Eagle eyes saw images for the first time that seemed to show a wireless load plate in a presentation that took place during the day of an investor in 2023.
Tesla chief designer, Franz Von Holzhausen, told Jay Leno during the period prior to the launch of Cybertruck that the company was working on the inductive load so that customers do not have to physically plug.
However, another Tesla employee near Cybertruck says that idea is dead in the water. According to the main engineer Wes Morrill, there is “nothing planned there”, as reported by Notateslaapp.
The website cites a discord chat where Wes put the rumors surrounding Cybertruck’s participation with the inductive load.
“The wireless load for something as far as the CT is nonsense,” he said, and then explains that to compensate for the height of the truck, a wireless load base would need to have at least six inches tall, which is clearly not the elegant package that Tesla expected.
We have communicated with Tesla for clarification, but the company has not published a statement to confirm if it was ever working on the wireless charge in the first place, or if you have canceled the plans to investigate it more.
Last year, the Cybertruck Owners Club saw references to release connectors for an inductive charger in the vehicle service manual last year, so rumors were not without a substance. But it seems that the long wait could continue indefinitely.
Porsche leads the wireless load
Although we are waiting for Tesla’s confirmation, the news surrounding the wireless load could be considered as another blow to Cybertruck.
Marketing as the Pinacle of Tesla technology, it is already considered a project failed by many critics, since it has had a lower performance in the original rank claims, it has been the subject of a series of retreats, it has had its very unpleasant range discarded and has sold much less units than the original forecast.
Where Tesla has slowed its EV innovation rate in recent years, other brands have been capitalizing.
Porsche revealed last week that he will offer the first wireless production load platform in the world in the next SUV Cayenne, which allows 11KW loading speeds without antistnetic cables.
It is not known how expensive the planned absorption could be, but it feels like a technological step for electric vehicles.
