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Apple has recently rolled out iOS 17.1.1, containing fixes for a couple of noteworthy bugs that have surfaced in recent times. One significant bug involved users encountering issues while attempting to charge their iPhone 15…
Horatiu Boeriu / November 9, 2023
News
Some BMW owners have reported that their iPhone 15’s NFC chip no longer works after charging the device with their vehicle’s wireless charging pad. Affected customers say the iPhone goes into a data recovery mode…
Horatiu Boeriu / October 2, 2023
BMW i
As EVs take more of the automotive market share, the need for increased EV infrastructure grows. Creating a charging infrastructure that can handle a mass influx of electric vehicles is proving to be tricky but…
Nico DeMattia / May 11, 2021
5 Series
BMW of North America announces the U.S. Market extension of BMW’s global Induction Charging Pilot Program. The pilot program began in Germany in 2018 and it’s now available in California. The program is offered to…
Horatiu Boeriu / August 9, 2019
5 Series
BMW Wireless Charging Pilot Program Launched in California
by Gabriel Nica
/ Date: May 31, 2019
5 Series
Today marks the market launch of BMW’s highly anticipated wireless charging solution for iPerformance cars. BMW has been talking about it for over a year, in anticipation of the launch of their new BMW 530e…
Gabriel Nica / May 28, 2018
5 Series
Plug-in hybrids are becoming more and more common among buyers, as they offer a best-of-both-worlds proposition. You get a car that uses an electric powertrain so you can feel extra green but you also have…
Nico DeMattia / May 13, 2018
5 Series
In a new Youtube video, BMW talks again about the “BMW Wireless Charging”, the technology that allows energy transfer to take place without the use of cables. Wireless charging for the high-voltage battery will be…
Horatiu Boeriu / September 27, 2017
5 Series
Wireless charging seems to be quite a concern for a number of fields these days, not just for smartphone makers. Car makers are interested in transferring energy from a charging device to the battery without…
Gabriel Nica / September 25, 2017
BMW i
The idea of inductive charging for electric cars is almost as old as the electric car itself, but from 2018 onwards, it will become reality. BMW Wireless Charging is the technology that will initially be…
Horatiu Boeriu / April 27, 2017
BMW i
Yesterday, BMW announced their second year partnership with Formula E. BMW will supply a series of official cars for the electric cars championship, including a BMW i8 Safety Car. Qualcomm Technologies teamed up with BMW…
Horatiu Boeriu / August 26, 2015