Magne Charge

[1][2] The Magne Charge inductive charger was developed by General Motors subsidiary Delco Electronics, based on SAE recommended practice J1773[3] for electric passenger vehicles, primarily GM products such as the EV1 and the Chevy S10 EV, however, the Nissan Altra and the first generation Toyota RAV4 EV also used the charger.

In addition, all EV1s and nearly all S10 EVs were lease-only; after the lease period expired, General Motors recalled and destroyed nearly all of these early BEVs.

AVCON itself was superseded in 2009 as the preferred interface in J1772 by the round Type 1 (Yazaki) connector, found on later BEVs such as the 2012 Gen 2 RAV4 EV, Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt.

The vehicle has on-board electronics to rectify the applied AC power to DC for battery charging.

The inductive coupling system was designed to be safe when used in the rain, and was demonstrated in operation fully submerged in water.