Although you continue to cannot purchase Tesla’s Cybertruck, quickly you can purchase… a wi-fi charging mat “impressed by” the EV truck’s iconic aggressively angled design. And like Apple’s canceled AirPower, it’s going to cost your machine irrespective of the place you place it on the mat.

Tesla revealed a wi-fi charging mat of its personal, which does have an angular look to it, although it lacks the Cybertruck’s futuristic silver-chrome hue. The mat fees Qi-supporting gadgets, which implies it ought to be capable to juice up your iPhone and AirPods however not your Apple Watch or different smartwatch. 

You can cost as much as three gadgets at 15 watts every on Tesla’s mat, which is slower than the 45-watt most charging velocity of the Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus and Extremely (or much more in different Android telephones), however continues to be respectable in contrast with the 5 watt and 10 watt wi-fi chargers on the market. However the mat appears to be like so small that it is likely to be laborious to cram three telephones on it. 

The worth of Tesla’s mat, nevertheless, is in charging your machine wherever it is positioned, due to a charging tech that makes use of 30 Qi coils and is named FreePower. That is the brand new title for Aira, a know-how that had beforehand been utilized in charging mats launched by Nomad, which had tried to succeed the place Apple’s AirPower failed with multi-device wi-fi charging mats. Whereas it did cost gadgets no matter orientation, in line with a MacRumors evaluation the Nomad Base Station Professional had quirks and diminished charging for newer iPhones.

In the event you’re fascinated with Tesla’s mat, known as the Wi-fi Charging Platform, you may preorder it for $300, and it will begin delivery in February 2023.

Learn extra: RIP, AirPower: A quick historical past of Apple’s doomed charging pad