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EV Charging Standards Guide

Setec Powerr

automakers at the World Electric Vehicle Congress in Los Angeles, CA, in May 2012. Therefore, there is an increasing demand for this plugin in Southeast Asia, East Europe, and the Middle East. The Combined Charging System (CCS) is an electric vehicle charging standard jointly released by eight central German and U.S.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

"Before we were saying it will be an awfully long time before we can get the costs down so people can afford it, but actually if you offset the fuel costs, people can afford it." ( Green Car Congress ). 5/17/06 "Plugin hybrids have a lot of promise, especially to displace oil consumption. Reuters ).

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