Tesla made the AirPower wireless charger that Apple could not

Tesla has created a wireless charger reminiscent of Apple’s failed-to-launch AirPower mat but with Cybertruck aesthetics. But wireless charging is a slightly different beast than what Tesla is used to and requires understanding of magnetic fields and expertise in power transfer technologies. That’s where Freepower, formerly known as Aira, comes in, who has spent the last five and a half years developing a “much more advanced form of Qi,” the industry-wide standard for wireless charging.

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