It is here that the EV revolution truly begins. With this and as
early as next year it becomes possible for building managers to cost
the install and know exactly what to expect. With a rapidly
increasing install base, it begins to be possible for the consumer to
make a convenience choice in his auto purchases.
And that truly matters, something that has been missing in the debate
up to now. After all, owning a car has always meant owning parking
rights at home and near or at the place of work. It has also meant
access to refueling as conveniently. It is all part of the package.
Now the parking itself becomes a prospective service site. Make it
all available and a user will then look at the option and make his
choice on other variables.
Real revolutions begin in the simplest things. The first key
decisions were made in terms of customizing computer software in the
mid sixties. They hold to this day.
For EVs capability has arrived sufficient to expect a market
response. The consumer knows that he makes two trips a day and that
is the bulk of it. A short range EV is a viable option there and
always has been. Short range never mattered for the gasoline engine.
For the EV it does even when we gain much better ranges. You can
not help but be aware of your range and present remaining charge.
Single-inlet
electric vehicle charging to showcase in LA
May 5, 2012 by
Nancy Owano
(Phys.org) -- Big
names in global car manufacturers have announced a common method for
charging electric vehicles. The companies are in agreement with a
common charging technology for use on electric vehicles in Europe and
the United States. The new method will provide special convenience by
enabling car owners to charge their EVs using AC or DC from a single
inlet. The charging system will allow for both alternating current
and faster direct current charging on the same port. Another feature
of the new system is that the charge can be done in faster time; a
battery charge will take only 15 to 20 minutes.
Audi, General
Motors, BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, Porsche, and Volkswagen are
the automakers who support the technology, which will be
showcased next week at the Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS) in Los
Angeles, from May 6 to May 9.
The first vehicles to
use the system are expected next year. Vehicles are already in
development that will be capable of using the new system. The
charging solution is titled "DC Fast Charging with a Combined
Charging System” or Combined Charging System, for short. An EVS
statement says this is a step forward in reducing complexity with its
combined AC and DC charging. “One vehicle inlet, one control logic,
one communication path, and one electric architecture.” The LA
event will show vehicles and charge pumps for the Combined Charging
System.
According to reports,
the system was developed for all international vehicle markets.
Uniformity was key, with identical electrical systems, charge
controllers, package dimensions and safety mechanisms.
Numerous auto blogs
point to the announcement as good news for an EV industry trying to
achieve wider consumer adoption by coming up with practical solutions
for battery charging.
Car buyers
understandably are skittish about not having available charging
opportunities on longer drives or about charging waits. The new
method takes15 to 20 minutes to power up a car using a similar
standard.
The charging system
integrates one-phase AC-charging, fast three-phase AC-charging,
DC-charging at home and ultra-fast DC-charging at public stations
into one vehicle inlet.
The International
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) has chosen the Combined
Charging System as a standard that incrementally extends existing
Type 1-based AC charging The standard is to be officially published
this summer. ACEA, the European association of vehicle manufacturers,
has chosen the Combined Charging System as its AC/DC charging
interface for new vehicle types in Europe as of 2017.
According to a
Chrysler release, the timeline is as follows: Commercially available
combined charging units are projected for later this year. All
committed OEMs have vehicles in development that will use the
Combined Charging System. The first vehicles to use this system
will reach the market in 2013.
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