CrossCharge

CrossCharge is a conductive charging system for an electric vehicle. It connects an EV car battery to the electrical power source. The system consists of two halves (or rather, two bars referred as crossbars) – one installed on the vehicle and one installed on the floor of a garage or in a parking lot. The automated ground unit detects the car above it and brings the two pieces together instigating an electric current to flow into the cross point of vehicle side bar, charging the EV. As the vehicle is parked over the charger, the device remains connected to the vehicle and brings it to fully charged state.

CrossCharge by GreenDot Transportation claims to be the world’s first conductive hands-free charging system for electric vehicles, it is a product of Green Dot Transportation, founded in 2010 [United States Patent Application 20090011616].