scope:

This part of IEC 61980 applies to the supply device for charging electric road vehicles using wireless methods at standard supply voltages per IEC 60038 up to 1 000 V AC and up to 1 500 V DC.

Electric road vehicles (EV) covers road vehicles, including plug-in hybrid road vehicles (PHEV) that derive all or part of their energy from on-board rechargeable energy storage systems (RESS).

This document also applies to wireless power transfer (WPT) equipment supplied from on-site storage systems (e.g. buffer batteries).

The aspects covered in this document include

• the characteristics and operating conditions of a supply device,

• the specification for required level of electrical safety of a supply device,

• communication between EV device and vehicle to enable and control WPT,

• efficiency, alignment and other activities to enable WPT, and

• specific EMC requirements for a supply device.

The following aspects are under consideration for future documents:

• requirements for MF-WPT systems supplying power to EVs in motion;

• requirements for bidirectional power transfer.

This document does not apply to:

• safety aspects related to maintenance,

• WPT system for trolley buses, rail vehicles and vehicles designed primarily for use off‑road, and

• any safety or EMC requirements for the vehicle side.