System and method for facilitating charging vehicle

A system for aligning a vehicle with a charger pad with: a vehicle controller 111; a sensor 112 installed in a tire of the vehicle; a ground pad 121 able to charge the vehicle; a communication unit 122 installed in the ground pad and capable of data communication with the vehicle 110; a charger controller 123 able to detect a distance between the ground pad and the sensor, and calculate a difference between the detected distance and the required distance, which is used by the vehicle controller to move the vehicle to the required position on the ground pad. The distance calculation may be based on the round-trip time between the communication unit and the sensor. The vehicle may have between one and four sensors, and at least one of those may be a tyre pressure sensor. There may be more than one spaced-apart communication unit in the charging pad; each communication unit may measure its own distance to the sensor, allowing the charger controller to calculate more accurate location information by means of distances and angles, i.e. triangulation. Once the vehicle is in the correct position, a notification may be sent to the charger, which may commence charging.