Regardless of the challenges of vary nervousness and charging infrastructure, improvements have boosted EV adoption in India. Wi-fi charging is certainly one of them, which Delhi-based startup Sprint Dynamic plans to commercialise in 2027. Founder Robin Singh narrates their story to EFY’s Nitisha Dubey.
Q. Are you able to inform us about Sprint Dynamic and your merchandise?
A. Sprint Dynamic is a deep-tech firm working within the electromobility area, particularly specializing in fixing challenges associated to electrical car (EV) charging. We specialize in wi-fi charging expertise—a two-part system the place one unit is put in contained in the car and the opposite is embedded into the bottom. An EV proprietor can park over the charger and provoke charging by means of a cellular app while not having to depart the automotive. We began the corporate in 2020, pushed by a imaginative and prescient to construct a cleaner, extra environment friendly, and decentralised EV charging infrastructure—a substitute for the muddle of plug-in stations on each wall and avenue nook. We’ve developed wi-fi charging techniques for two-wheelers, four-wheelers, and drones (unmanned aerial autos or UAVs). These are our three key product strains. The purpose is to boost person comfort and scale back the infrastructure burden of plug-in chargers.
Q. What work are you doing for drones?
A. We’ve developed a 700-watt wi-fi charging system for drones, designed to boost vary. This answer is focused at UAV producers. We’re taking a business-to-business (B2B) route, integrating the charging system straight into drones by means of authentic gear producer (OEM) partnerships. We deal with enabling producers to undertake the expertise and supply it to end-users as a part of their product lineup.
Q. Who’s your target market?
A. Our major prospects are EV producers and cost level operators (CPOs). By focusing on each, we be sure that as extra wireless-enabled EVs hit the highway, there’s additionally an infrastructure to assist them. We cater to all sorts of EV and UAV producers—two-wheeler, four-wheeler, and drone OEMs—in addition to each private and non-private cost level operators.
Q. Do you maintain any patents?
A. Sure, we’ve filed a patent for our wi-fi charging expertise and anticipate it to be granted this yr. Moreover, we’re submitting 30 extra patents to guard the varied improvements we’ve developed.
Q. What differentiates your expertise from others out there?
A. It’s the wi-fi charging system, that presents a variety of benefits over typical plug-in chargers. By eliminating the necessity for heavy civil infrastructure equivalent to plinths or canopies, set up turns into considerably cheaper, because the system may be seamlessly embedded into the bottom. With no transferring components, it gives a for much longer operational lifespan—as much as six occasions that of conventional techniques—as a result of lowered put on and tear. Security can be vastly enhanced, because the contactless design minimises the chance of electrocution, even in circumstances of defective installations. The system’s decentralised nature permits it to be simply deployed in a wide range of places, together with residential complexes, purchasing malls, highways, hospitals, and motels. Technologically, it leverages magnetic resonance somewhat than conventional induction, permitting for increased effectivity, higher tolerance to misalignment, and improved energy switch capabilities—all with out the chance of overheating.
Q. What’s required to function your wi-fi charger?
A. Operation is very simple—simply park and cost. The system routinely detects the car and initiates charging. Alternatively, customers can management charging by way of a cellular app, which offers info on battery standing, time to full cost, and state of cost (SoC). It additionally allows distant begin/cease and full Web of Issues (IoT) integration.
Q. Are your merchandise accessible to finish prospects or solely companies?
A. We function purely on a B2B mannequin. The vehicle-side charger is equipped to EV producers, who combine it into the car. The bottom meeting charger is offered to cost level operators or by means of producers to shoppers. Very similar to Apple sells iPhones with wi-fi charging capabilities however not the wi-fi charger itself, our tech allows the automotive, whereas the person chooses the appropriate charger.
Q. How environment friendly is your wi-fi charger in comparison with plug-in techniques?
A. Our chargers utilise resonant expertise, reaching effectivity ranges which are on par with or higher than these of plug-in chargers. Losses are minimal, and a few variants even surpass the efficiency of plug-in hybrids.
Q. How does your system deal with car misalignment?
A. We permit 25 per cent misalignment in any course whereas sustaining full charging effectivity. This ensures ease of use with out exact parking.
Q. What security options are constructed into the system?
A. Our charger contains international object detection. If any object or animal comes between the transmitter and receiver, charging stops instantly, and an alert is distributed to the person. This prevents hurt and ensures protected operation.
Q. Can the charger function in excessive climate?
A. Sure, the system has an IP67 score, that means it’s waterproof, dust-resistant, and appropriate for set up even in areas with waterlogged situations. It’s designed for sturdy outside use.
Q. What’s the most energy output, and the way does it have an effect on charging velocity?
A. Our chargers vary from 1.2kW for two-wheelers, 11kW for four-wheelers, and 700W for drones. They bypass the onboard alternating present (AC) charger and ship direct present (DC) energy on to the battery, permitting sooner charging, as much as twice the velocity, relying on the car’s onboard limits.
Q. Is your system appropriate with all EV fashions?
A. Our system requires vehicle-specific integration and is deployed by means of OEM partnerships. Solely autos designed with our receiver will assist wi-fi charging.
Q. What are the set up necessities?
A. The car receiver is put in through the manufacturing course of. The bottom charging pad may be bolted above floor or embedded underneath cement, relying on the use case. Set up is easy and scalable. A retrofit mannequin may even be made accessible for autos not initially outfitted by the OEMs.
Q. Does your system assist sensible options like distant monitoring and app management?
A. Sure, the system is absolutely IoT-enabled and comes with a cellular app providing options like SoC monitoring, cost standing, distant management, and sensible charging suggestions.
Q. How protected is the electromagnetic discipline generated by the charger?
A. We adjust to the worldwide commonplace for the protected management of electromagnetic emissions (SCE) requirements for electromagnetic security. The magnetic emissions are extraordinarily low, posing no threat even to customers with medical implants like pacemakers.
Q. What’s the anticipated lifespan and upkeep requirement?
A. Our wi-fi charger has no transferring components, leading to minimal upkeep and an anticipated lifespan of 20–30 years. Solely fundamental exterior care is required.
Q. What’s the pricing mannequin?
A. Automobile-side charging modules might be included in the price of the car. Floor chargers might be offered individually, much like plug-in chargers at present. Pricing has not been disclosed but, as we’re nonetheless in pilot phases, however we purpose to maintain the associated fee at par or barely above plug-in chargers. Our focus is widespread market adoption.
Q. Will your chargers be accessible in every single place, or solely at choose stations?
A. Our imaginative and prescient is to make wi-fi charging ubiquitous. We plan to accomplice with present cost level operators to retrofit their areas with wi-fi chargers. Since our chargers sit on or underneath the bottom, they’ll complement present plug-in setups. Moreover, we foresee decentralised installations in residential areas, malls, workplaces, highways, and public areas.
Q. Are you manufacturing the product your self?
A. At the moment, we’re a design and analysis and growth (R&D) firm. We outsource the manufacturing of particular modules to Indian micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). We do closing meeting, testing, and piloting. Full-scale manufacturing will start as soon as we safe commitments from OEMs and CPOs.
Q. Have been there any main design challenges?
A. Sure, early challenges concerned overcoming the constraints of induction-based wi-fi charging—like poor alignment tolerance, restricted switch distance, and heating points. We adopted magnetic resonance expertise to resolve these. Our system helps a vertical distance of 250 centimetres (100 inches), 25 per cent misalignment, and high-power switch with minimal warmth technology.
Q. What are your income streams?
A. We’re at present pre-revenue, having raised $1 million in funding for R&D. Commercialisation and income technology are anticipated to start post-certification and partnerships.
Q. What are your largest challenges proper now?
A. Our largest challenges proper now are twofold. First, regulation stays a key hurdle, as India at present lacks a devoted framework for wi-fi EV charging—not like plug-in techniques. To deal with this, we’re actively working with authorities our bodies to assist form the required requirements. Second, stakeholder adoption is vital. Whereas shoppers are enthusiastic, widespread adoption in the end depends upon OEMs and CPOs. We’re tackling this problem by means of pilot programmes, expertise validation, and certification efforts.
Q. Are you searching for distributors or companions?
A. We’re at present in search of companions to assist two key areas of our operations. First, we require expert groups for the set up of our chargers, guaranteeing environment friendly and dependable deployment. Moreover, we’re searching for distributors to handle annual upkeep contracts (AMC), offering complete post-installation assist and ongoing servicing.
Q. What are your future plans?
A. Our quick focus is on static wi-fi charging (park and cost). Our long-term imaginative and prescient contains dynamic charging, the place EVs cost whereas driving. This might utterly remove vary nervousness. We anticipate to work on this over the following three to 4 years.
Q. When do you intend to commercialise the product?
A. After finishing our pilots and securing certifications—an eight-month course of—we anticipate to commercially launch in early 2027.
