Uniform standard for EV plugs
Here's how the first PHEV charging plug will lookGlobal auto engineering peak body SAE International has revealed a charge-plug design providing a standard charging interface for EVs and plug-in hybrids.
The release of Standard J1772, aka the SAE Electric Vehicle Conductive Charge Coupler, marks an essential moment in the mass market penetration of electric vehicles. As SAE Hybrid Task Force chief Gery Kissel said in a statement, it ensures "all of the charging equipment you would pull up to in public would have identical connectors, so any vehicle could use one."
Dictating a specific set of electrical and performance characteristics and precise physical specs for the male and female ends of the plug, the standard is a key element in the definition of a common charging network, providing automakers with a design blueprint for the point at which their products meet electricity grids worldwide.
SAE International came up with the design in cohorts with major auto manufacturers, infrastructure and parts suppliers, R&D labs, power utilities and standards agencies and underwriters around the world.
-- picture courtesy of Autoblog Green
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