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What is the Combined Charging System (CCS) Standard?

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Easy access to charging infrastructure is a key enabler of electric vehicle (EV) adoption. SAE International (Society of Automotive Engineers) and the European Automobile Manufacturing Association (ACEA) proposed the Combined Charging System (CCS) standard in 2011. When was CCS developed? What else does CCS standardize?

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China realizes charging piles, complete vehicles and accessories to go overseas

Setec Powerr

Demand for charging piles soars. Judging from the customs data for the first eight months of this year, the contribution rate of my country’s new energy vehicle exports to the growth of automobile exports reached 26.7%, becoming a new bright spot in the foreign trade of the automobile industry.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

Green Car Congress

Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead.

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Cellulosic nanocrystals from biomass waste for thermoplastics for automotive applications

Green Car Congress

With automobile manufacturers already testing nano-cellulose-reinforced plastics with promising results, he predicted they would be used within two years. Another is curaua, a plant related to pineapple that is cultivated in South America. Rafeadah Rusli, Kadhiravan Shanmuganathan, Stuart J.

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