Energous still isn’t delivering truly wireless charging, but says it’s coming later this year
January 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
Energous has been promising to deliver truly wireless charging to all the gadgets in our lives for a few years now, but the company still isn’t ready to deliver it.
In a phone call ahead of CES, Energous CEO Steve Rizzone said that wireless charging transmitters, which can charge devices wirelessly from several feet away, are now supposed to begin shipping by the end of 2017.
The last time Energous was at CES, in 2015, transmitters were supposed to ship by the end of that year, too. But Rizzone says the plan changed after Energous signed a “key strategic partnership” just a month after the convention, leading to a renewed focus on miniaturizing the technology before shipping it. The deal Energous made also gave its partner the right to…
