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Standard For Electric Car Charging Announced

Posted by Soulskill on from the which-automakers-will-promptly-ignore dept.

SchrodingerZ writes "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 'global experts,' the plug can cater to both AC and DC currents for charging. 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."

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  1. J1772 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seriously... they called it the "JIZZZ"?

  2. The great thing about standards by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The great thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from.

    1. Re:The great thing about standards by Twinbee · · Score: 4, Funny

      Exactly, I've been campaigning for cars to be charged via USB so I can charge my car from my laptop. They're so ubiquitous now that it's a waste to have yet another standard. BUT NO, now we get J1772 on top of USB, firewire, HDMI, and the thousand of other standards out there.

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  3. Europe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    In Europe we want micro-usb.

    1. Re:Europe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Please wait 6-10 weeks for charging.

  4. Re:Hundreds? by MightyYar · · Score: 3, Funny

    Also, how can plug-design speed up charge time 24 times?

    The standard redefines time to be 24x of SI time.

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  5. Re:Dutch by Antipater · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's in the works, but the engineers responsible for it are busy making airplane windows openable.

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  6. warning by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Do not use your mouth when siphoning fuel from an electric car. The back-wash is much, much nastier than gasoline.

  7. Re:Another one? by Medievalist · · Score: 4, Funny

    What all is required to convert ac to dc? I thought all you needed was 4 resistors in the right arrangement.

    4 diode's, and its pretty ineffecient/dirty way of doing it.

    it isn't inefficient and it isn't dirty either. the only problem is one needs a huge cap.

    Without that huge capacitor, it's as dirty as it gets. And isn't the efficiency determined by the diode voltage drop?

    Hey, look, I built a pedant cascade!