Industry gets together to define charging standards for electric vehicles
Sun 01 November 2009
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A declaration detailing industry plans to develop charging standards for electric cars has been signed by 50 representatives of European electricity companies and power distribution system operators and delivered to the EU Transport Commissioner Antonio Tajani.
The declaration follows the agreement between the electricity companies and power distribution system operators to create a system that standardises both the hardware and software for plug-in electric cars. This would create a standardised charging system before full international standards are agreed. Eurelectric, the trade association for European power companies, has also set up a taskforce to identify market barriers slowing down the development of harmonised standards.
In a separate development, the International Standards Organisation (ISO) has just published an updated, improved edition of an International Standard providing safety specifications for electrically propelled road vehicles.
The two-part ISO 6469 will help manufacturers to design fail-safe electrically propelled vehicles, as well as provide a framework for the information they need to make available for safety personnel and emergency responders dealing with accidents involving such vehicles. (For more details, please follow the associated link.)
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