Nissan is one of the first automakers to offer Qi2 charging (basically MagSafe) in your car

How many of you actually use your car’s built-in wireless charger? Not many people do, considering how easy it is for the phone to either a) charge very slowly, b) overheat, or c) not charge at all. This is mostly because of alignment, where the wireless charging coil at the back of your phone doesn’t line up with the one in the car’s charger.

Now, automakers have been looking for alternative options to remedy such issues, such as ramping up the charging output (those 50W chargers in Chinese cars), adding aircon ducting to cool the phone down, adding plastic guide rails (that might make larger phones not work at all), or, in the case of Tesla, covering the entire wireless charging area in coils.

While these solutions work to some extent, Nissan’s solution to adopt the global Qi2 charging standard is one that will make you go, “why didn’t they think of that earlier?”

If you have a wireless charging stand, a magnetic power bank, or even a MagSafe charger, you may know that this has been addressed with the introduction of magnets in both the charger and the device, allowing for hassle-free, precise alignment to improve wireless charging efficiency.

Basically, that’s what Nissan did in the 2026 Pathfinder and Murano. Their charging pads now feature a raised magnetic circle with a built-in cooling fan to hold the phone in place, no matter how big the phone’s camera bump is.

This allows the device to constantly charge at 15W, allowing some phones to charge from 10% to 90% to just over 90 minutes, compared to around four hours with the usual 5W car wireless charger.

Of course, to utilize this at its best, your phone must support the Qi2 standard (iPhone 13 and up, HMD Skyline, Google Pixel 10, Galaxy S25 with magnetic case), but any phone with wireless charging and a magnetic ring should benefit from this as well.

Would you consider using this tech if it’s rolled out to more cars, or are you still sticking to wired charging?

^{Photos from Nissan}