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Tesla has plans to accumulate Wiferion, a German wi-fi charging expertise firm. | Source: Wiferion, Tesla
Tesla has plans to accumulate Wiferion, a supply who wished to stay nameless advised The Robot Report. The supply advised The Robot Report that Tesla is concerned about Wiferion’s R&D group and capabilities and that current enterprise at Wiferion will seemingly go on as standard.
Wiferion is a German-based firm that provides wi-fi charging methods for autonomous guided automobiles (AGVs), autonomous cell robots (AMRs), forklifts, and collaborative robots (cobots). It was based in 2016 below the title Blue Inductive, which was modified to Wiferion in 2019.
The firm was based by 4 former researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems. Its first product was the etaLINK 3000, a contactless inductive charger for industrial automobiles that works with any sort of battery.
More just lately, Wiferion launched the etaLINK 1000, the most recent and smallest version of its line of robotic charging methods, which is compact sufficient to be put in right into a small AMR. Wiferion earlier in 2023 opened a North American subsidiary in Chicago. This new location was designed to assist Wiferion shorten supply occasions, improve onsite providers and help and supply consulting providers for North American clients.
Gründerszene first reported on information of the acquisition on Tuesday. Documents had been filed on June 12, in accordance with the business register, that present the shareholders’ intentions (see on web page 6 of the PDF) of promoting their shares to Tesla International BV, the European subsidiary of the corporate.
Wiferion has primarily centered on making chargers for electrical industrial automobiles, so its expertise might be utilized in Tesla’s electrical automotive and battery factories. Teslarati, the writer of a Tesla-related information outlet, wrote a narrative a few months in the past about Tesla teasing a wi-fi residence charger throughout its latest Investor Day.
Tesla may additionally probably use the expertise in its Optimus robotic.
Editor’s Note: Steve Crowe contributed to this story.