Germany and France agree on uniform plug

During the Franco-German cooperation agreement has been reached now in terms of electric vehicles on a single standard for plug in electric vehicles. A
Franco-German working group on electric vehicles "agreed on the standardization of a single plug connection.

This includes a charge management and accounting system. This will result in a cross-border charging and billing is possible, and you wear the simplicity for the user account. The system is simple and understandable for consumers and therefore a positive thing, Matthias Wissmann, President of the Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) fixed. The expert group agreed that was founded in 2009 and is now at the proposals of the economic ministers of both countries involved.

In this specific case, the experts of the automotive industry of both countries, in cooperation with the representatives of politics and energy on common specifications and requirements for infrastructure and technical implementations have agreed. Agreement was reached on uniform interface for the electrical mobility and found that standardization is an important step for the practicality of electric vehicles of the future.

Coming soon to go on a cross-border fleet test lots of test vehicles on the streets of both nations. The tests are intended to clarify whether the ideas are practical and what potential problems with electric vehicles may be in everyday life. It is particularly proud to offer standardized plug and thus a uniform electric vehicles in cross-border traffic to. Wissmann also stressed that Germany and France are taking a pioneering role in introducing suitable for everyday use electric drives. Overall, the policy is convinced that there should be loading operations and pay for any barriers in the form of different charging systems and in different countries.

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