Well that's the $1M question, isn't it! My involvement is tangential at best, but my understanding is that the effort is not going to be coordinated as a grand simultaneous roll-out. Rather each mfr of cars, trucks, boats, etc, will get around to it based on their own needs. The drivers for this effort vary widely - vehicle emissions, increased electrical loads, drive-by-wire technology, etc. - and the 42Vdc agenda for a given mfr is to some extent determined by the agenda for those features or regulations. There is much technology still to be developed and much standardization work still to be done, but the work is well in progress.
Is there anyone on the forum who has a more inside view of this and can share some information with us? In the meantime, have a look at the web. Searching on "42V" can yield a lot of hits. Here's one I found that summarizes things a bit: http://www.sae.org/42volt/dual_higher_sum.pdf Jim Eichner, P.Eng. Manager, Engineering Services Xantrex Technology Inc. e-mail: jim.eich...@xantrex.com web: www.xantrex.com Any opinions expressed are those of my invisible friend, who really exists. Honest. No really. Confidentiality Notice: This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -----Original Message----- From: Price, Ed [mailto:ed.pr...@cubic.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 6:42 PM To: 'EMC-PSTC - forum' Subject: RE: Current from Car 12V cigarette lighter socket / 42 VDC Pardon the slight topic shift, but when will we be seeing 42 VDC automotive systems? I understand that there has already been some fleet vehicle production with the 42 VDC standard, but when will it be introduced to the consumer market? Regards, Ed Ed Price ed.pr...@cubic.com Electromagnetic Compatibility Lab Cubic Defense Systems San Diego, CA USA 858-505-2780 (Voice) 858-505-1583 (Fax) Military & Avionics EMC Is Our Specialty Shake-Bake-Shock - Metrology - Reliability Analysis ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
