Over a year ago, I made a comment regarding the standard GM connector being built to a (in my opinion limited) spec of 240 Volt, 70 Amp. (This comes out to 16.8 KW.) See:
Obviously GM (and all of the manufacturers that agreed to the standard) arn't worried about making their electric cars able to change this fast.
Now, 10 - 20 years from now when battery technology has advanced and can handle this sort of current, the connector will need to be replaced and we'll have to have a transition between these two connectors, and we'll have a huge disaster with charging stations requiring two different connectors and compatibility issues. All because GM didn't want to put parts in the connector that handled more current.
I'm not even talking about the cabling or the electronics in the car, that's what I would call a vehicle specific thing.
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Over a year ago, I made a comment regarding the standard GM connector being built to a (in my opinion limited) spec of 240 Volt, 70 Amp. (This comes out to 16.8 KW.) See:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/21/standardized-ev-plug-could-be-adopted-within-months-says-gm/
Obviously GM (and all of the manufacturers that agreed to the standard) arn't worried about making their electric cars able to change this fast.
Now, 10 - 20 years from now when battery technology has advanced and can handle this sort of current, the connector will need to be replaced and we'll have to have a transition between these two connectors, and we'll have a huge disaster with charging stations requiring two different connectors and compatibility issues. All because GM didn't want to put parts in the connector that handled more current.
I'm not even talking about the cabling or the electronics in the car, that's what I would call a vehicle specific thing.