Friday, October 14, 2011

More cars and communications

Seven automakers are collaborating on creating a single international standard for an electric vehicle fast charging system to slash the time drivers need to put more juice in their electric cars.

The system will use a common vehicle inlet/charging connector and will have a standard electronic method for the vehicle to communicate with the charging station. This will allow electric vehicles from Audi, BMW, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Porsche and Volkswagen to share the same fast charging stations.

The seven auto manufacturers said “the development of a common charging approach is good for customers, the industry and charging infrastructure providers. Standardization will reduce build complexity for manufacturers, accelerate the installation of common systems internationally and most importantly, improve the ownership experience for EV drivers.” LA Times

Communications and electrical power. The common theme is entanglement. power lines and telephone lines and electric street cars and telegraph. So here we have hybrids and electrics will now be talking to electric chargers. Hopefully the software geeks will jump in and make sure short and long term protocol technologies match.

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