Volume 12 Issue 1
Matching Accessories: Standardization Developments in Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
Van den Bossche Peter,Verbrugge Bavo,Omar Noshin andVan Mierlo Joeri
1Erasmus University College Brussels, IWT, Nijverheidskaai 170, 1070 Anderlecht, Belgium
2Vrije Universiteit Brussel, MOBI-ETEC, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Elsene, Belgium
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Abstract
The availability of charging infrastructure is one of the key issues to allow a wholesale deployment of electrically propelled vehicles (battery-electrics and plug-in hybrids). International standardization is essential in order to obtain safe and compatible solutions. This paper presents current developments in the field.
Keywords: standardization; RCS; infrastructure; safety