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ANSI releases for public comment draft roadmap of standards and codes for EVs at scale

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The EVSP working groups are currently on hiatus and will reconvene in May to address the comments submitted and finalize the document for publication by the end of June 2023. This might include, for example, comments on the document’s organization, or issues not addressed. Medium- and heavy-duty EVs are also covered.

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What is Electric Vehicle Plug & Charge?

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Plug & Charge is the simplest, most secure way for drivers to charge their electric vehicles. Plug and charge falls under ISO 15118 , the international standard for charging electric vehicles, which is focused on securing the future of vehicle charging through simplicity of use. Why should EV owners care about Plug & Charge?

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Commerce Secretary Releases Draft Smart Grid Interoperability Plan; Plug-in Vehicle Standards One of the Priorities

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Produced by the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the approximately 90-page document identifies about 80 initial interoperability standards and 14 priority action plans that address the most important gaps in the initial standard set. Plug-in electric vehicles.

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Sandia, national lab partners studying vulnerabilities of electric vehicle charging infrastructure

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They looked at conventional AC chargers, DC fast chargers and extreme fast chargers. These proposed fixes include strengthening electric vehicle owner authentication and authorization such as with a Plug-and-Charge public key infrastructure. Sandia has produced a best-practices document for the charging industry.

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Honda and Ford separately launching smart home demos

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The site is on the campus of the University of California, Davis; the building process will be documented and shared through the Honda Smart Home US website. Direct PV-to-vehicle DC battery charging will substantially improve charging efficiency by reducing losses associated with DC-to-AC and AC-to-DC conversion.

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What is EVSE?

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It’s the second that’s more important for us: EVSEs aren’t simply plugs you stick into your EV to keep it humming on down the road. Broadly speaking, they’re separated into three main parts: the software (including communications protocols ) that make everything run, the enclosure of the charging station and the plug.

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DOE releases two Co-Optima studies; high-octane blendstocks, engine efficiency merit function

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Increasing the efficiency of internal combustion engines is one of the most cost-effective approaches to improving the energy efficiency of new vehicles in the near- to mid-term in conventional, hybrid, and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Miles, Paul.

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