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July 8, 2026

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ORNL earns five DOE Transportation Technologies Office awards

ORNL received five of nine awards from the U.S. Department of Energy's Transportation Technologies Office at the 2026 Annual Merit Review for innovations in transportation efficiency, vehicle technologies, and advanced manufacturing. The honors included two individual Distinguished Achievement Awards and three team awards recognizing advances in commercial vehicle modeling, fuel economy resources, rare-earth-free electric motors, advanced truck materials, and computational welding technologies.
November 26, 2024

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Fifty years of impact: Larry Seiber builds, tests components that power wireless charging breakthroughs

Larry Seiber, a dedicated R&D staff member at ORNL, has spent 50 years contributing to groundbreaking advancements in electric vehicle power electronics, including achieving the first-ever wireless transfer of 270-kW of power to a vehicle, earning multiple patents, and becoming an integral part of ORNL's success in sustainable transportation technologies.
June 18, 2024

7 MIN READ

Polyphase wireless power transfer system achieves 270-kilowatt charge, sets another world record for electric light-duty passenger vehicles

Researchers at ORNL have successfully demonstrated the first 270-kW wireless power transfer to a light-duty electric vehicle. The demonstration used a Porsche Taycan and was conducted in collaboration with Volkswagen Group of America using the ORNL-developed polyphase wireless charging system.
April 19, 2024

2 MIN READ

ORNL researchers to present wireless charging technology in OTT’s Discovery Series webinar

ORNL’s Omer Onar and Mostak Mohammad will present on ORNL's wireless charging technology in DOE’s Office of Technology Transitions National Lab Discovery Series Tuesday, April 30.
March 12, 2024

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Charging up the commute

A team of researchers at ORNL demonstrated that a light-duty passenger electric vehicle can be wirelessly charged at 100-kW with 96% efficiency using polyphase electromagnetic coupling coils with rotating magnetic fields.
November 21, 2021

5 MIN READ

Going wireless for better vehicle charging

To make electric vehicle charging even easier than filling up a car with gas, ORNL researchers have demonstrated a range of wireless charging solutions for stationary vehicles and are nearing completion of a new system to charge EVs while they’re in motion.
August 30, 2021

7 MIN READ

High-power wireless vehicle charging technology licensed by HEVO

ORNL has licensed its wireless charging technology for electric vehicles to Brooklyn-based HEVO. The system provides the world’s highest power levels in the smallest package and could one day enable electric vehicles to be charged as they are driven at highway speeds.
May 18, 2021

6 MIN READ

Hands-free: Wireless charging system advances electric vehicle convenience

Consumer buy-in is key to the future of a decarbonized transportation sector in which electric vehicles largely replace today’s conventionally fueled cars and trucks.
May 5, 2020

1 MIN READ

Wireless charging – Special delivery for UPS

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory demonstrated a 20-kilowatt bi-directional wireless charging system on a UPS plug-in hybrid electric delivery truck, advancing the technology to a larger class of vehicles and enabling a new energy storage method for fleet owners and their facilities.
April 21, 2020

4 MIN READ

Successful delivery: ORNL demonstrates bi-directional wireless charging on hybrid UPS truck

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in late February demonstrated a 20-kilowatt bi-directional wireless charging system installed on a UPS medium-duty, plug-in hybrid electric delivery truck.
November 4, 2019

2 MIN READ

Wireless charging—More power, smaller package

ORNL researchers created and tested new wireless charging designs that may double the power density, resulting in a lighter weight system compared with existing technologies.
October 19, 2018

3 MIN READ

ORNL demonstrates 120-kilowatt wireless charging for vehicles

Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated a 120-kilowatt wireless charging system for vehicles—providing six times the power of previous ORNL technology and a big step toward charging times that rival the

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ORNL earns five DOE Transportation Technologies Office awards

Fifty years of impact: Larry Seiber builds, tests components that power wireless charging breakthroughs

Polyphase wireless power transfer system achieves 270-kilowatt charge, sets another world record for electric light-duty passenger vehicles

ORNL researchers to present wireless charging technology in OTT’s Discovery Series webinar

Charging up the commute

Going wireless for better vehicle charging

High-power wireless vehicle charging technology licensed by HEVO

Hands-free: Wireless charging system advances electric vehicle convenience

Wireless charging – Special delivery for UPS

Successful delivery: ORNL demonstrates bi-directional wireless charging on hybrid UPS truck

Wireless charging—More power, smaller package

ORNL demonstrates 120-kilowatt wireless charging for vehicles