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Grant Covic

Professional Title: Professor - Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineering

Organization: University of Auckland

Sessions: Welcome Day 2
Session 10

Biography

Grant Covic (Full professor at the University of Auckland) began working on inductive power transfer in the mid 90’s, and by early 2000’s was jointly leading a team focused on AGV and EV charging solutions. He co-foundered HaloIPT that was later on-sold to Qualcomm and more recently to WiTricity. Presently he is consulting on wireless power while directing a government funded research program on stationary and dynamic wireless charging of EVs within the road. He also co-leads the interoperability sub-team within the SAE J2954 wireless charging standard for EVs.