This Standard is applicable to equipment for charging electric vehicles at standard a.c. supply voltages (as per GB 156-1993) up to 690 V and at d.c. voltages up to 1 000 V.
This Standard is applicable to equipment for charging electric road vehicles.
This Standard is not applicable to the charging equipments used for household or similar battery charging system of motor starting, lighting and flame igniter or similar purpose. This standard is not applicable to the charging equipments used for the battery charging system of wheel chairs, indoor electric vehicles, railroad cars, trolley buses, rail vehicles, industrial trucks (for example: fork lift truck) and vehicles designed primarily for use off-road. Class II vehicles are not excluded in this Standard.
This standard specifies basic structure requirements of charging equipments, that is to say, the aspects covered include characteristics and operating conditions of the supply device and the connection to the vehicle; technical requirements of charging equipments and the characteristics to be complied with by the vehicle with these requirements; requirements on the voltage and current of power supply; functional requirements for charging mode; requirements for connection and interface of electric vehicles; requirements for specific inlet, connector, plug and socket-outlets and charging cables. This Standard specifies safety requirements for electric shock protection. This standard does not cover all safety aspects related to maintenance.
GB/T 18487.1-2001 The following standards are cited：
