Standard For Electric Car Charging Announced 212
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."
J1772 (Score:5, Funny)
Seriously... they called it the "JIZZZ"?
The great thing about standards (Score:5, Funny)
The great thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from.
Europe (Score:5, Funny)
In Europe we want micro-usb.
Re:Hundreds? (Score:4, Funny)
Also, how can plug-design speed up charge time 24 times?
The standard redefines time to be 24x of SI time.
Re:Dutch (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Europe (Score:2, Funny)
Please wait 6-10 weeks for charging.
warning (Score:2, Funny)
Do not use your mouth when siphoning fuel from an electric car. The back-wash is much, much nastier than gasoline.
Re:The great thing about standards (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Another one? (Score:5, Funny)
Without that huge capacitor, it's as dirty as it gets. And isn't the efficiency determined by the diode voltage drop [wikipedia.org]?
Hey, look, I built a pedant cascade!