All you want to know about car wireless charging is here As an excellent wireless charging application scenario, car wireless charging does not require frequent plugging and unplugging of the charging cable. It is a great tool to increase driving safety and improve the quality of life of car owners. It greatly improves the experience of using and charging mobile phones in the car.
In order for everyone to have a comprehensive understanding of car wireless charging (front installation + rear installation), what I want to bring to you today is related detailed interpretation and market analysis.
1. In-vehicle wireless charging method: front-mounted and rear-mounted
At present, vehicle-mounted wireless charging is divided into two methods: front-mounted and rear-mounted.
In layman's terms, pre-installation means that the car is equipped with a wireless charging device before leaving the factory, which is generally located in the central storage box and armrest box. The mobile phone can be charged by placing it on the charging device.
After installation, an additional device such as an on-board bracket is added to the car to realize wireless charging. The installation position is not fixed. It can be installed in air conditioning vents, car center consoles, etc., or sucked on the windshield with the help of suction cups.
Car front-mounted wireless charging technology comes from wireless charging solutions provided by wireless charging solution providers to automobile OEMs. As a qualified car front-mounted wireless charger, wireless charger certification is only the basis, and it also needs to meet stringent vehicle-level hardware standards, and has certain level requirements for operating temperature range, waterproof and dustproof, etc.
This includes a series of strict requirements such as E-Mark certification in the motor vehicle industry, factory system IATF16949, EMC certification, etc., which are often strict standards, high costs, and long cycles. This also leads to the fact that there are not many wireless charging manufacturers in the pre-installation market. Because the qualifications are not up to date.
As for in-vehicle wireless charging, because it is not part of the vehicle and is not subject to the compulsory certification standards of many car manufacturers, the product reliability is not as good as the pre-installation, but it wins in the industry with low entry barriers and high cost-effective products.
At the end of 2012, Toyota announced that the 2013 Avalon became the world's first car with Qi protocol wireless charging function. Following the introduction of Apple's Siri technology into cars, wireless charging technology has also been introduced into cars.
The first type of rear-mounted car wireless charger is a dedicated car wireless charger, which is a product customized by a third-party manufacturer for a specific car model. The original car data is modeled and embedded and integrated design. It is actually a post-installation, but the visual effect is similar to the pre-installation.
The second type of rear-mounted car wireless charger is a car wireless charging bracket, which is more common. There are four main types of car wireless charging brackets on the market: infrared induction brackets, gravity brackets, magnetic car brackets, voice car brackets and so on.
Among them, the infrared induction bracket needs a motor and an infrared sensor, the gravity bracket uses a purely physical mechanical structure, the magnetic car bracket is connected by magnetic attraction, and the voice car bracket can be used with apps and has functions such as voice assistants.
2. Market performance of Qi certified car wireless charger
According to Strategy Analytics data, the Qi-certified car wireless charger market shipped more than 12 million units worldwide in 2018, a year-on-year increase of 101%. This includes pre-installed chargers (i.e., car front-mounted wireless charging), and car aftermarket chargers specially designed for car use (i.e., car-mounted after-sales wireless charging).
Regarding car front-mounted wireless charging, the automotive industry has basically adopted Qi as the standard for charging smart phones in the car. The WPC global consumer survey in April 2018 showed that 45% of consumers want to use wireless charging in their cars. China's data is 32%. (* WPC 2018 Global Consumer Study with Toluna Research – April 2018)
WPC also stated that new products launched by car front-mounted wireless charger manufacturers are choosing EPP certification one after another. WPC data shows that new Qi-certified car wireless chargers after March 31, 2019 are in the EPP category.
Here is a brief introduction. There are two main types of Qi certification according to the power size: one is BPP, 5W and below; the other is EPP, 5W to 15W. EPP certification with higher power will undoubtedly bring a better wireless charging experience.
3.summary
As a very high-frequency wireless charging application scenario, the car wireless charger is convenient and safe to use, and one-handed operation liberates both hands. As for the performance of the in-vehicle wireless charging market, there is still a lot of room for development, whether it is front-mounted or rear-mounted. Under the general trend of wireless charging, we are also optimistic about the future performance of this important wireless charging scenario.
2021 11/18