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SAE approves new fast-charging standard for EVs, plug-ins

SAE International said it has approved a new technical standard that will dramatically reduce charging times for plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and electric vehicles. The global engineering group said the new charging standard, developed with the cooperation of more than 190 automakers, utilities and equipment builders, will allow charging times to be reduced from as long as eight hours to as short as 20 minutes. Automakers want DC direct charging to take less than 10 minutes, or roughly the time it takes to fill a tank with gasoline.The goal is to accommodate currents as high as 500 volts distributed from public charging stations.

Paul Walker's Skyline GT-R goes on sale for one million Euros

GT-A is a restoration shop in Ismaning, a small town near Munich, specializing in restorations and classic-car sales. For 30 years, they've meticulously restored and maintained cars from every continent and of every type. Their inventory is eclectic and occasionally mind-bending.

Race of Champions preview and video

By Richard Aucock Motor Shows 13 December 2007 10:00 The Race of Champions is the annual end-of-season jamboree. Two drivers from eight nations all go head-to-head, on two parallel 1km tracks, in a series of identical cars, to be eliminated via group stages to determine, in two hours, an overall winner. The fastest of the fast.