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CHAdeMO to Promote Electric Vehicle Standards

15 March, 2010 03:41:00

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Japanese automakers and the Tokyo electric utility (TEPCO) have established CHAdeMO Association to standardize fast-charge stations for electric vehicles.

Last August, Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors, Fuji Heavy Industries, and TEPCO started a preparatory committee. Then, Toyota joined the committee and the Association has been established with the five companies as its executive members.

An additional 158 business entities and government bodies, including 20 foreign companies such as Robert Bosch GmbH of Germany, PSA Peugeot Citroën SA of France and Korea Electric Power Corp., are expected to become members of the association.

CHAdeMO is an abbreviation of CHArge de MOve, equivalent to charge for moving, and is a pun for O cha demo ikaga desuka in Japanese, meaning "Let's have a tea while charging" in English.

"The association is going to promote the electric vehicles through the efforts of technical improvements of quick chargers, standardization activities of charging methods, and international extension of our knowledge related to quick-charger installations," CHAdeMO said.

The companies aim to make the technology the de facto global standard by promoting its use in markets in which they plan to roll out electric cars.

Electric vehicles are seen as one solution to meeting stricter environmental regulations because they have no tailpipe emissions.

CHAdeMO is going to promote the electric vehicles through the efforts of technical improvements of quick chargers, standardization activities of charging methods, and international extension of our knowledge related to quick-charger installations.

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