On Monday, Japanese auto giants and Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) joined forces to set up a common system to recharge electric cars, with the hopes to create a global standard.
The growth of the electric vehicle sector has brought questions over whether zero-emission cars or the networks of recharging stations should come first.
Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors and Fuji Heavy Industries have linked up with TEPCO to organize “CHAdeMO.”
The name comes from the words “Charge” and “Move” and a pun on the popular Japanese phrase.
There are 158 companies and government bodies that are members, including 20 foreign firms.
TEPCO chariman Tsunehisa Katsumata said standardizing charging infrastructure is vital to making electric cars popular.
“We need to make this protocol a standard protocol outside of Japan,” he told a gathering in a Tokyo hotel.
Zero-emission cars are gaining traction across the world as concern has grown over pollution from exhaust pipes of current petrol cars and the emissions they produce.
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Source: redorbit.com
