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Wireless charging is heading for the capital

Beijing is expected to promote wireless charging later this year. The system will enable electric cars to be charged within a radius of 50 cm and its charging efficiency is similar to that offered by cabled charging posts, said Wang Lifang, a senior engineer at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Wang said wireless charging will have a trial run on 20 electric cars in the capital city in 2015 and 2016, adding that the technology will be widely applied by 2020.

Beijing municipal government is planning to put 200,000 new-energy and clean fuel vehicles on the road by 2017 as part of its effort to alleviate air pollution.