From AutoWeek this morning:
http://www.autoweek.com/article/201...arge_system_for_EVs&utm_campaign=awdailydrive
http://www.autoweek.com/article/201...arge_system_for_EVs&utm_campaign=awdailydrive
What production vehicles are they talking about? Are there DC quick charge capable production vehicles available from the manufactures in question? I have yet to see any in their showrooms for purchase myself.He added that in the next few months SAE would begin testing the prototype combo charging system in production vehicles. If the testing is successfully concluded, a final standard could be published by the organization in the first quarter of 2012.
TRONZ said:The (SAE) "agreement" is only between certain manufacturers that are not producing QC EV's or QC stations. I am far more interested in the "agreement" between manufacturers that are selling QC EV's and QC stations. When (if) SAE arrives it will simply be a second standard and rolled out based on demand.
mwalsh said:...no EVSE manufacturer that I'm aware of has signed on to this abomination (or the Tesla one either, for that matter).
I don't think so... Reading between the lines, I think the intent of using Homeplug GREEN/PHY has little to do with quick charging, which will offer very limited benefits, if any, but everything to do with pulling a fast one and tacking the new communications protocol onto existing L2, which only has very limited smart-grid capabilities. The existing J1772 EVSEs will work, but you'll have to buy a new L2 EVSE with Homeplug GREEN/PHY in order to do the smart-grid functions which will be necessary in the future to get the utility's best rates and coolest features.Smidge204 said:The J1772 ship has already sailed and it'll take years for any other standard to catch up.
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