Electric car industry agrees on one plug for Europe to rule them all
Electric car
makers and power companies are to unveil this week a standard Europe-wide power plug to recharge the batteries of electric vehicles, the German newspaper Die Welt reported today. The agreement avoids the plug-and-socket problems familiar to travelers who take small appliances such as hair-dryers abroad. The standard had been agreed by 20 big companies and will be announced at the five-day Hanover Fair, a big annual expo of industrial products which opens for business on Monday April 20 in Germany.
The future of electric cars as a replacement for petroleum-powered vehicles depends on motorists being able to recharge batteries anywhere with a minimum of fuss.
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