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USCAR issues new standards for high voltage wiring for hybrids/EVs

USCAR, the United States Council for Automotive Research - a consortium of GM, Ford and Chrysler, has just issued a new standard for high voltage wiring and connectors in hybrid and electric cars. The existing standards only covered conventional systems up to 20V. The new standard covers systems operating up to 600V. The advantage of establishing industry standards is that suppliers can tool up common components that can be used by a variety of automakers and applications. This will help drive down the cost of these systems especially as ... Read more →

USABC gives $2.3 million grant to develop lithium battery components Xavier Navarro

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC) announced a $2.3 million grant to develop lithium battery technologies. USABC, which is under the umbrella of United States Council for Automotive ...

USCAR gets two new members, DTE Energy and SCE Sebastian Blanco

In a further sign that plug-in vehicles are on their way, two new companies - both utilities - have joined the USCAR partnership: DTE Energy and Southern California Edison. USCAR (the United States ...

Detroit 2008: Vehicle Recycling Partnership makes an announcement of sorts Sebastian Blanco

On Tuesday, ages after the major automakers had made all the glitzy announcements they wanted to make, USCAR (the United States Council for Automotive Research, a joint project of the Big Three) ...

95% of end-of-life vehicles in America are recycled, USCAR shooting for 100% Sebastian Blanco

Here's some automobile-in-the-environment numbers from USCAR, the United States Council for Automotive Research: Percentage of vehicles in the U.S. that "go through a market-driven recycling ...


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