U.S. Access Board Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Rule for Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Stations On September 3, the U.S. Access Board published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to amend the EV charging regulations and accessibility guidelines for buildings and facilities covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and the Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 (ABA)… Read More »
FHWA Announces RFI on Updating Federal Standards for EV Charging As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s work to build out a convenient, reliable, and made-in-America national network of electric vehicle (EV) chargers, on Wednesday FHWA announced a Request for Information (RFI) to solicit feedback from stakeholders on updating FHWA’s minimum standards and requirements for electric vehicle EV charging stations to… Read More »
Ford and GM Announcement on Tesla NACS Now we get to see how everything shakes out. With Ford and GM announcing support for Tesla charging connector standard, will that be enough for Tesla to “corner the market”? By contrast it is somewhat similar to Dell and Lenovo suddenly announcing they will focus on Apple IoS systems. In any… Read More »
CharIN Responds to Tesla Announcement In response to Tesla’s announcement on November 11, 2022 to publicly-release the North American Charging Standard (NACS), the Charging Interface Initiative (CharIN e.V.) and its CharIN North America Chapter (operating as CharIN Inc.), would like to issue the following statement. CharIN is the largest global association focused on the electrification of all forms of transportation… Read More »
Call for Participants to Shape ANSI Roadmap of Standards and Codes for Electric Vehicles at Scale New York, September 8, 2022: The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) is seeking participants to support the development of a roadmap of codes and standards for electric vehicles (EVs) at scale. The roadmap will be developed by the ANSI Electric Vehicles Standards Panel (EVSP). The roadmap will address… Read More »
Noted on kioskindustry.org July 21, 2022 From U.S. Access Board July 2021 The U.S. Access Board, an independent federal agency that issues accessibility guidelines under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Architectural Barriers Act (ABA), Rehabilitation Act of 1973 , and other laws, is providing a technical assistance document to assist in the design and construction of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations that are accessible… Read More »
Calling All Stakeholders: ANSI to Develop Roadmap of Standards and Codes for Electric Vehicles at Scale New York, June 8, 2022: The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) announced today the launch of an initiative to develop a roadmap of standards and codes for electric vehicles (EVs) at scale. The ANSI Electric Vehicles Standards Panel (EVSP) will serve as the forum for development… Read More »
EV Charging Standards News Notes: An update on standards FHWA’s standards (once final) will need to be met by states applying to receive federal funding for EV charger deployment (funding authorized by the infrastructure bill that passed late last year). Comments on the notice of proposed rulemaking will be due 60 days following publication in the Federal Register.… Read More »