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Bosch tests automated EV charging

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January 17, 2024

Bosch, along with the Volkswagen subsidiary Cariad, has begun testing automated valet charging for EVs, according to a press release.

This solution, which is based on Bosch's automated valet parking system, guides electric vehicles driverlessly to an unoccupied parking space furnished with a charge spot, where a charging robot recharges them automatically.

Once recharging is complete, the vehicle maneuvers driverlessly to another parking space.

Bosch and Cariad are now testing the technology in two in-house parking garages in Germany: in Cariad's staff parking garage in Ingolstadt, the two companies are testing driverless parking with automated valet parking, while driverless charging with automated valet charging is being tested in Bosch's development parking garage in Ludwigsburg.

Bosch presented the automated charging technology at the CES show in Las Vegas.