Japan Standard Set Global Electric Car Charging
- After leading the hybrid vehicle market in the world market, Japanese car makers target now is to determine the global standard for electric car charging system. Coalition companies, including Nissan and Toyota, announced it has formed called CHAdeMO organization, working to determine the standard charge for electricity and hibirida car plug-ins.
“Our goal to make the standard charging system outside Japan,” said Tsunehisa Katsumata, Chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co.., Memdukung major companies such cooperation. The coalition consists of 158 companies.
He further, non-Japanese companies that have attracted participate in such cooperation is PG & E, Robert Bosch, Enel SpA, Endesa, PSA Peugeot-Citroen and Korea Electric Power.
American car makers through Autmotive Society of Engineering (SAE) has set the standard electric car charging plug-in to the market in the country. In January, mengadopasi SAE SAE J1772 as the standard plug-ins that will be used by the Chevrolet Volt, Nissan Leaf plus electric cars plug-in options. In the U.S. electricity system is used tegangan220 house volts Level II as a replacement for fast charging system.
In Japan, with 110-volt electrical systems, preferring to adopt a fast charging. Recent steps several Japanese companies is considered as a big leap for a standard prefer fast charging. This is expected to be very helpful all the car manufacturers global plug-ins, both hybrids and electric.
One Japanese manufacturer who is eager to produce mass electric cars are Nissan. With this new standard, will accelerate the realization of Nissan’s electric car produces, Leaf. Other Japanese car makers who have long offered an electric car and is now working with other world producers plus also the cities of various countries, namely Mitsubishi, also accelerate the standardization process of the rapid charging.
Last year, the United States passed Japan as the largest hybrid car market for the Prius have become best-selling car for 9 months of 2009. All that thanks to the support from the Japanese government, the incentives – tax breaks for consumers who buy environmentally friendly cars and fuel efficient. The result, hibirida cars grew popular in Japan.
Currently, car plug-ins require hours to recharge the battery. With fast charging system designed Japanese this time to 15 minutes. Not much different than when he stopped at the filling station.