Japanese automobile makers are taking the electric automobile industry forward in a big way.
Very soon, Electric Vehicles will become commonplace.  Recently, Japanese car makers like Toyota, Mitsubishi and Nissan have teamed with Fuji Heavy Industries and ‘Tokyo Electric Power Company’ forming the CHAdeMO association – which is an abbreviation of ‘Charge de Move’.  This association will promote standardized charging methods for electric vehicles, by establishing a protocol for recharging infrastructure.

The aim of this council is to standardize technology which is being used to charge electric cars across the entire motor industry.  The firms are hoping that places across the whole of Japan will offer charging station after the creation of this technology.  They want to make the technology compatible with all electric vehicles.

158 companies and organizations including the above mentioned five companies areall  set to join this association.  This consortium includes many overseas businesses.  Campaigns have already started in USA to make the Japanese recharging technology a global standard.  There is a lack in competing standards.

A home plug recharges the electric vehicles as well but the main point of difference between this and the power station is that the station delivers fifty kilo watts at 150-200 amps so your car gets recharged in a few minutes and not hours.

The availability of  power stations encourages owners to take their car further although they might not have  charged it and encourages use of electric vehicles.  Right now the electric cars cannot travel more than two hundred kilometers on a single charging.  A brand agnostic station for charging is critical for the future success of these cars. The technology is currently already  in use by Subaru and Mitsubishi, and Nissan is likely to follow them.

The Japanese automobile industry had always led the way for the hybrid and electric car sector.  The Toyota Prius is the most popular hybrid in the world and is Japans top selling vehicle.  The government of Japan is supporting this EV standardization venture of CHAdeMO with 13.7 million dollars.