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How do I plug my electric vehicle in at home?

As electric vehicles begin to find their way to peoples driveways and garages, knowing what's involved with charging up the batteries becomes more necessary. Over the years, electric vehicles (EVs) have used different kinds of batteries and employed different types of chargers and connectors, so the car that you buy next year may not work with the charger you picked up on eBay last month. While in the future charging may be as simple as parking in your garage or driveway and having an automated system take over, the here-and-now requires ... Read more →

Underwriters Laboratories approves SAE J1772 charging plug Sam Abuelsamid

SAE 2009: Yazaki's booth proudly displays J1772 connector Sebastian Blanco

At the SAE World Congress last week, one of the more important technical discussions revolved around a new connector standard for plug-in vehicles called J1772. As we mentioned in our write-up ...

GM calls for plug-in vehicle standards Sam Abuelsamid

Nissan gets a charge out of Ecotality in Arizona Domenick Yoney

Ecotality, an electric transportation and storage company, has been big-timing it lately with the likes of Nissan. Together with the Pima Association of Governments (PAG), they have formed an EV ...

How do I plug my electric vehicle in at home? 1 month ago on Autoblog Green

Underwriters Laboratories approves SAE J1772 charging plug 5 months ago on Autoblog Green

The SAE standard J1772 charging connector for plug-in vehicles passed another threshold on its way to finalization this week. Underwriters Laboratories has completed its certification testing on the connector developed by Yazaki. The UL testing has verified the safety and durability characteristics ...

SAE 2009: Yazaki's booth proudly displays J1772 connector 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

At the SAE World Congress last week, one of the more important technical discussions revolved around a new connector standard for plug-in vehicles called J1772. As we mentioned in our write-up of the progress made at the event, the Yazaki company was behind the connector's original design. The ...

GM calls for plug-in vehicle standards 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

One of the factors that has helped to make cars so ubiquitous over the past century is standards. By standardizing things like fuel fillers, inflation nozzles on tires, 12V power sockets and countless other elements, automakers have been able make owning and operating a car much more practical. ...

Nissan gets a charge out of Ecotality in Arizona 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Ecotality, an electric transportation and storage company, has been big-timing it lately with the likes of Nissan. Together with the Pima Association of Governments (PAG), they have formed an EV Micro-Climate Working Group with a goal of making Pima County, which encompasses Tucson, Arizona, the ...

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