Standard For Electric Car Charging Announced

nhboy

Ubi bene ibi patria
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"The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), an international syndicate, has unveiled what is to become the standard for electric car charging. In today's market there are hundreds of different methods and plugs to charge a variety of different cars, now a single multi use plug is announced as the world standard.

Called the J1772 , it 'has two charging plugs incorporated into a single design and is said to reduce charging times from as long as eight hours to as little as 20 minutes.' The cumulative work of over 190 'gl

The plug also sets a new standard on safety regulations, including 'its ability to be safely used in all weather conditions, and the fact that its connections are never live unless commanded by the car during charging.' The J1772 beat out its Japanese competitor the CHAdeMO, used as an option on the Nissan Leaf."
 

Gilligan

#*! boat!
PREMO Member
About darned time. That lack of standardization was the only thing that kept me from buying an electric car.

:buddies:
 

Rommey

Well-Known Member
Yet somehow they can't seem to get a standard plug for laptops or cell phones.:shrug:
 

blazinlow89

Big Poppa
Yet somehow they can't seem to get a standard plug for laptops or cell phones.:shrug:

Cell phones at least happened, I believe it was something passed by congress like 5 years ago, you could either use micro USB or a dock system that had to incorporate the micro USB. Of course Apple never followed suit, stingy bastards.
 
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