General Motors have come up with a great idea regarding the future of electric vehicles. On the company’s blog, Gery Kissel says that engineers and officials will be discussing next week the need of a standard plug for future electric cars. If GM wouldn’t have thought of it, someone else would probably have done it. After all it would be really weird to have different plugs for different cars.
The SAE J1772 Task Force will be responsible for designing a plug which would fit with any charging station. That way no matter what electric car you end up driving in the near future, you will be able to charge it up when the power is low. The team will also be working on a “common electric vehicle conductive charging system architecture for all major automakers in North America” so we’ll keep you updated with the progress it makes especially as the Volt is coming next year.
via FastLane
Tags: electric car, General Motors, Plug, Volt