Chrysler, Ford, and GM—whose vehicles we offer at our dealerships—have rallied around a standard for charging their forthcoming electric vehicles (EVs) in as little as 15min. A lot of the problems associated with moving away from gasoline-fueled vehicles have originated from matters of standardization, but this seems to be a hurdle that the auto industry is in the process of clearing, as reported by CleanTechnica.com:
Standardization is the linchpin of the gasoline powered auto industry – imagine if you had to hopscotch over half a dozen gas stations to find one where the nozzle could fit into your tank – and it is even more critical for the nascent EV sector, which is in hot competition to win a foothold in the mainstream car market.The new system is nicknamed the "combo connector" for the DC Fast Charging with a Combined Charging System. The full article by CleanTechnica has a brief history of this technology, which is worth a read if you're interested in how EVs have developed since the '90s.
GM pushed hard for the new global standard after its experience in developing the ill-fated EV1 in the 1990’s, according to the company’s Director of Infrastructure Planning, Britta Gross. EV1, which went into limited production but was soon pulled from the market, is the subject of the documentary “Who Killed the Electric Car?”The barrier to adoption worldwide as EVs gain popularity has come from Japan, which has its own standard (with the dizzying acronym of CHAdeMO). However, this all could be made moot by the development of a wireless EV charging standard, which the DOE has recently put $4 million toward.
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