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Automakers and utilities reach agreement on plug-standard

Just days after General Motors put out the call to settle on a plug standard for electric vehicles, it appears that an agreement has been reached - in Europe at least. The plug design will be unveiled at a German technology fair on Monday by energy company RWE. The plug design uses three prongs and will support charging at up to 400V. For starters, Volkswagen, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Fiat, Toyota and Mitsubishi have all agreed to the new standard. It's not clear at this time if the same plug standard will be adopted by the task force ... Read more →

SAE Congress '08: the problems of fuel cell commercialization Sebastian Blanco

There was a panel discussion at this week's SAE Congress that I couldn't pass up. Titled "Fuel Cell Vehicle Panel: Challenges Remaining for Commercialization," the session was a bit of a brainstorm ...

SAE Congress '08: the scoop on Emitec's diesel particulate filters Sebastian Blanco

In a back corner of Cobo Hall during the SAE Congress this week, we came upon the Emitec booth featuring the company's line of diesel filters. We spoke with Markus Downey, an application engineer at ...

SAE Congress '08: Q&A with Dr. Patil of Compact Power Sebastian Blanco

About a month ago, we spoke with Dr. Prabhakar Patil of Compact Power, Inc. about CPI's lithium-ion battery technology. We didn't want to miss the chance to chat in person during the SAE Congress this ...

SAE Congress '08: Watch out, Mexico, the military's got the HY-DRA Sebastian Blanco

click to enlarge There are a lot of booths here at the SAE World Congress that's going on in Detroit this week that promote one county or another. Poland's got one. There's a French diesel consortium ...

SAE Congress '08: Mahindra Scorpio hybrid SUV on the stand 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

click to enlarge One nice thing about cars destined for expo floors is the fancy paint they sometimes get. The Mahinrda & Mahindra Scorpio hybrid SUV has been given such a treatment, as we discovered at the SAE World Congress in Detroit today. We'll be sitting down with Mahindra later this week ...

SAE Congress '08: The climate of change in the auto industry 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Ford's Derrick Kuzak It's interesting how the overall tenor of the presentations and speeches changes depending on which conference, which collection of auto industry people, one attends. You'd think there'd be some consistency, but the reality is that the auto industry is mighty varied. We shine a ...


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