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European automakers define recommendations to standardize charging of plug-in vehicles; 2017 for harmonized application

Green Car Congress

The current agreement on recommendations covers Phase 1 as well as Phase 2; applies to passenger and light-commercial vehicles, and addresses only AC and DC charging. industry with needed lead time to implement these new solutions in their vehicle development programs and to make necessary adaptations to the infrastructure.

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Knowles develops next-generation safety capacitors to meet the growing demand for 800-volt EV systems

Charged EVs

So, business has begun to swing over to new entrants in the auto industry. They’re mandatory when you’ve got applications that are connected directly to the mains, where a person could be at risk in the case of a failure. And it’s got a supplementary 1 kV DC rating on it. That means there are very strict requirements.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The fact that no journalists do their research to bring up all those connections is sad, sad. The telecom companies will always be primarily motivated by: customers x arpu = revenue Because of this they will push caps on connections, charge for crap like text messaging and stunt the growth of our communications systems.

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