SAE Finalizes New Electric Car Fast Charging “Combo Connector”

is it just me or would it have been smarter to try and work out a 3 Phase 208V connector using AC? We have 3 phase current in much of America, and by pushing into that, we can leverage that infrastructure. It would seem that clever work would let you get there, and it would be a cheap install, and then make the chargers on the cars smart enough to recognize if they were getting J1772 or 3Phase.

Full article: http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1079858_sae-finalizes...

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