Vehicle-to-Vehicle In-Route Wireless Charging System

This paper presents a method for electric vehicles (EVs) to charge their battery while on a trip, without the need of an expensive change in infrastructure. The proposed method charges EVs while en route from another vehicle, which will be referred to as vehicle-to-vehicle recharging (VVR). The aim of this system is to bring an innovative way for EVs to charge their battery without getting off route on a highway. The electric vehicle can request such a service from a designated charger vehicle on demand and receive electric power wirelessly while en route. The vehicles that provide energy (charger vehicles) through wireless power transfer (WPT) only need to be semi-autonomous in order to engage/disengage during a trip. The state-of-the-art presented in this paper focuses on infrastructures aimed to reduce the burden of charging EVs. Furthermore, modeling, analysis, and simulation is presented to validate the feasibility of the proposed system.