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[Daimler](http://www.engadget.com/tag/daimler) (owners of Mercedes-Benz and [Smart](http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/02/daimler-smart-forvision-a-solar-powered-roof-with-plastic-wheel/)) is teaming up with Conductix-Wampfler and Röchling Automotive KG to produce [wireless charging](http://www.engadget.com/tag/wireless+charging/) coils to form the centerpiece of 2012's *Effizienzhaus-Plus*. It's a government-backed project to build and test a dwelling that generates more energy than it uses -- the excess will then charge the supplied **(http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/14/mercedes-benz-debuts-b-class-e-cell-plus-ev-concept-the-suburba/) without the need of cabling. Simply park the car over a coil in the garage floor and the electromagnetic field will juice your environmentally friendly whip for free. The company hopes the project will iron out the logistical and financial issues preventing it from bringing the tech to the *Autobahns* of the world. One thing the project can't do, however, is soothe the troubled brow of the fossil-fuel lobby -- the press release we've got below dryly notes that "clearly, BP will not be happy about this."
[Thanks, Ashley]
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