Let’s waste precious energy to save 30 seconds twice a day. A remote control is ...

DonsDiscountGas · 2026-09-23T12:07:02

Time is more precious then energy for a great number of people. Which includes a lot of Porsche drivers I'm guessing.

ok_dad · 2026-09-24T07:13:25

Well they’re paying for their extra time with the destruction of our planet we rely on to survive so fuck em

piperswe · 2026-09-24T17:23:24

Still a hell of a lot better than the twin turbo V8 that's in the high-end gas Cayenne

margalabargala · 2026-09-22T22:20:51

Maybe your remotes run on fairy dust but the rest of ours run on alkaline batteries.

The losses from this charger are nearly the same as the losses from a wired charger.

MisterMunchkin · 2026-09-23T06:05:34

It’s a 10% loss in addition to the normal losses

margalabargala · 2026-09-23T15:28:17

That's not what's written in the article.

vel0city · 2026-09-23T15:55:02

The article is very much not clear if that 90% is talking about round trip or just the efficiency of the wireless charging in addition to the usual charging losses.

Applying a little common sense with experiences of other wireless chargers, its most likely just the losses of the wireless charging solution.