Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi and Subaru will create a single standard of electric car

  Toyota Motor and three other major Japanese auto manufacturers announced the creation of associations, which will deal with the promotion of electric vehicles. The founders of the new business association were Toyota, Nissan Motor, Mitsubishi Motors and Fuji Heavy Industries, which owns brand Subaru, as well as the Electricity Corporation Tokyo Electric Power. Overall, the association includes about 160 companies, including foreign and governmental organizations.

   "Auto manufacturers are competing in many areas, but the industry is in need of collective efforts to increase the comfort of consumers", - commented on the creation of associations operating officer Toshiyuki Shiga, Nissan.

   Members of association aimed at building standardize charging stations for electric vehicles and the distribution of standardized technology to foreign markets. At present, the introduction of electric vehicles is at an experimental stage, and charging stations vary considerably in technical standards, including supply voltage, the type of connector and the speed of recharging.

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