NOT TOO LONG AGO hydrogen was the flavour du jour of the alternative energy movement, with most of the world’s major carmakers scrambling to establish their own experimental hydrogen car programs.

Now the tables have turned, and the humble electric motor - which ironically was more popular than the internal combustion engine before the widespread discovery [...]

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THE DIFFERENT REGIONS of the world may offer an irritatingly wide range of plug shapes for accessing regular mains power, but with the approval this week of the J1772 charging connector, owners of electric vehicles can breathe easy.

Standard J1772TM “Electric Vehicle Conductive Charge Coupler,” sets out the requirements for the physical, electrical and performance criteria [...]

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