When nearby the charging plate, instructions appear on the car’s screen to guide you into the correct position. Once the car switches off, the charging begins. It will continue to charge until the car is full and then turn off automatically.

“BMW Wireless Charging employs the same inductive charging technology already widely used for supplying power to devices such as mobile phones and electric toothbrushes to now also recharge the high-voltage batteries in electrified vehicles,” BMW said in a statement.

“The principle benefit here is the unrivalled ease of use, as drivers no longer need to hook up their plug-in hybrid car using a cable in order to replenish its energy reserves.”

Although the charging pad is only 5% less efficient than plugging in your electric car, Electrek pointed out that it will still require more power to charge your vehicle—in turn costing you more.

Fitting your car and garage with the tech won’t be cheap either. According to electrive.com, it will cost 890 euros ($1,027) to install the conductor in the car and an extra 2,315 euros ($2,672) to install the GroundPad. That’s a total of around $3,700 to avoid the quick job of manually connecting the car.

The wireless charging kit has first been released in Germany. The U.K., the U.S., Japan and China will all follow.

Alternatively, Tesla is working on an automated plug-in charger that can “find” your car's input once it has parked.