First an announcement by Nichicon Corporation, on development of world’s most compact quick charger for electric vehicles (EVs) and now an announcement by Nissan, reveals its new quick charger station to the public. The new quick charger is slightly larger in size than the one developed by Nichicon put offers the same functionality and operational specifications (as far as I can tell). Nissan is planning to sell three different version of this newly developed charger to public, with base, standard and cold weather specification offering the same operational and size specification with some extras depending on the model. Nissan is planning to sell the new standard specification of the quick charger at less than 1 million yen and the basic specification at half the price of the current model which sells at 1.47 million yen. The new charger can be used in rainy conditions, offering features such as monitoring against a potential short circuit when the charging unit is interfacing with the EV, for safe charging. The charger is in compliance with CHAdeMO protocol and it is compatible with Nissan EVs as well as other manufacturers EVs. Nissan quick charger comes in form factor of 1,840x380x665 mm (height/width/depth), with maximum output voltage of DC500 (Max.) and output current of DC125A (Max.). The connector that feeds power to EV is JEVS G 105-1993-compliant. Nissan is aiming to sell 5,000 of the new quick chargers by the end of fiscal year 2015 (March 2016). Nissan is planning to install the new quick charger at its number of its dealerships nationwide as well as introducing them to local government facilities as well as other public locations throughout Japan.
