Universal car chargers charge multiple electronic devices, such as a keyboard, mouse, remote control, etc. In one embodiment, a user is directed to a website over the internet to a site containing charging profiles for multiple devices. The user selects the particular devices which he will want to charge and download the charging profiles. The charging profiles are provided to the universal car charger device. A number of mechanisms are provided to identify the device, such as wireless or wired communication with the device or reading an RFID tag in the device. Various embodiments are disclosed, including having smaller devices (remote control, mouse) which moves to the charger and the charger move to larger devices (keyboard). Meanwhile, various indicators are shown to indicate which device needs charging, and various lighting schemes show the amount of car charger.
May 11, 2009