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TRUCKMAKERS NEWS * WORLDWIDE - European manufacturers agree to plug-in grid specifications
Brussels,Belgium -The Green Car Website, by Paul Lucas -June 27, 2010: -- The move towards charging vehicles safely from the electric grid has advanced after Europe’s automobile manufacturers agreed to a first phase of joint specifications... The agreement only covers one- and three-phrase AC charging in the short- and medium-term and reflects the needs of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles. It is expected that further agreements will follow relating to quick charging and heavy duty vehicles... The phase one agreements include:
- Vehicle inlet: There will be no restrictions on the type of vehicle inlet as vehicles with different types are already on the market or in a late development stage. So manufacturers will supply at least one cable with a type two plug or standard domestic plug to connect to infrastructure.
- Public charging: Type two industrial sockets will be allowed during this transitional period – if the vehicle inlet is of a different type than the connector on the fixed cable then the customer must be able to use its own cable that is delivered with the vehicle.
- Home charging: Standard home sockets are widely available but a third party certification of the household electricity grid should be conducted before the vehicle is first charged.
As part of phase two, a uniform EU solution that reduces the solutions on the market has been suggested while still maintaining maximum flexibility for consumers and predictability for producers. Current phase two agreements include a harmonised solution for vehicle inlets using mode three charging will apply for new types from 2017; a mode three uniform EU solution for public charging; and a mode three uniform EU solution for home charging, although standard domestic sockets or industrial sockets will still be allowed on the condition of third party certification... Elsewhere, countries such as Japan and the USA have decided to use a pure single-phase connector. China has similar distribution grids to Europe and includes a type two connector for the vehicle and infrastructure in its new standard... The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association includes BMW Group, DAF Trucks, Daimler, FIAT Group, Ford of Europe, General Motors Europe, Jaguar Land Rover, MAN Nutzfahrzeuge, Porsche, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Renault, Scania, Toyota Motor Europe, Volkswagen and Volvo...
* Singapore - GM Plans to Build New Truck in Thailand for Export to Europe
Singapore -Bloomberg/Businessweek, by By Liza Lin & Chana Schoenberger & Terje Langeland -June 30, 2010: -- General Motors Co. plans to build a new midsize Chevrolet truck in Thailand for export to Europe and parts of Southeast Asia as the brand makes its first push into the two regional pickup markets... GM expects to sell at least 100,000 units of the new truck in the first year, with global production of the vehicle concentrated in Thailand and Brazil, Martin Apfel, executive director for GM’s Southeast Asian operations, said in a phone interview today... Truck production is part of the Detroit-based carmaker’s plans to invest $467 million in Thailand... GM’s plans to build a new diesel-engine plant in eastern Rayong province are still on track, and the facility, which will produce engines for the new truck, is in its “last stages” of completion, he said... GM is also working to reopen a factory in Indonesia within the next two years to produce a 7-seat vehicle tailored for the domestic market, Apfel said. The plant in Bekasi, near Jakarta, has been idle for about five years. It may produce as many as 50,000 vehicles and require about $100 million in new investment, he said... (Photo from thesupercars.org: The Chevrolet's Colorado)
* China - Beiqi Foton to introduce commercial-vehicle plant in Moscow
Changping District,Beijing,China -The China Knowledge -Jun. 30, 2010: -- Beiqi Foton Motor Co Ltd, announced that it will set up a new production plant in Moscow, Russia, and make as European headquarters, source reported... The new plant will be able to produce 100,000 vehicles per year, including light commercial vehicles, pickups, vans, heavy-duty trucks and sport-utility vehicles for the European markets, said a spokesman with Beiqi Foton... The latest expansion in Russia is part of Beiqi Foton's five-year plans. The carmaker is determined to leave its footprint in Russia, Brazil, Mexico, India and Thailand by 2015... (Photo from wikipedia.org: Foton's truck at Speyer Technology Museum)
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