Roger Fingas for Apple Insider:
Titled “Wireless Charging Alignment Systems,” U.S. patent application 20190210480 describes a car in which “control circuitry may use the steering and propulsion system to park the vehicle in a parking space,” where “wireless power may be transferred from a wireless power transmitter in the parking space to a wireless power receiver coupled to a vehicle body.” Sensors would record transmitter alignment and efficiency, using this data to better optimize parking later on.
“Vehicle parking position may be intentionally varied over a series of parking events to gather additional alignment information,” Apple adds.
Interestingly, one of the named patentees, Hunter Wu, once worked on wireless chargers for electronic buses.
MacDailyNews Take: But, but, but I thought Apple had mothballed development of Apple Car?