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Old 04-20-09, 08:56 AM
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Default Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles



Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles, in flies this. German energy firm RWE has stated that a cadre of respected automakers and energy firms have all come together in agreement on a three-point, 400-volt plug that will enable electric cars the world over to be recharged anywhere, regardless of which recharging station they stop at. Caroline Reichert, an RWE spokeswoman, noted that the idea here is to ensure that "a car can be recharged in Italy in exactly the same way as in Denmark, Germany or France." We're told that the agreement includes nods of acceptance from the likes of Volkswagen, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Fiat, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Eon, Vattenfall, EDF, Npower, Endesa and Enel, and while there's no time frame for when it'll be introduced, we're pretty stoked to hear that at least something has been decided upon.
Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/19/a...tric-vehicles/
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Old 04-20-09, 10:33 AM
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Cool, hope there able to figure out how to keep the battery lasting longer.

I will not buy a car, im uncomfortable with carrying on a 200 mile trip
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This is a great move. No stupid Blu-Ray vs HD lol
 
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I a happy to see they agreed on this. Now they need to perfect the design and create better batteries and greater ranges of travel. Oh yeah, they also need to reduce the price and put this technology into every car sold
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