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This part of IEC 62196 is applicable to vehicle couplers with pins and contact-tubes of standardized configuration, herein also referred to as "accessories", intended for use in electric vehicle (EV) conductive charging systems which incorporate control means, with rated operating voltage up to 1 500V d.c. and rated current up to 250 A, and 1 000 V a.c. and rated current up to 250 A. This standard applies to high power d.c. interfaces and combined a.c./d.c. interfaces of vehicle couplers specified in IEC 62196-1:2011, and intended for use in conductive charging systems for circuits specified in IEC 61851-1:xxxx and IEC 61851-23 (both under development by IEC TC69 WG4). The d.c. vehicle couplers covered by this standard shall be used only in charging mode 4, according to IEC 61851-1:xxxx, Clause 6.2; Case C, according to IEC 61851-1:xxxx, Clause 6.3.1, Figure 3 (both under development by IEC TC69 WG4) and IEC 62196-2:2011. Electric vehicles (EV) covers all road vehicles, including plug-in hybrid road vehicles (PHEV), that derive all or part of their energy from on-board batteries. These vehicle couplers are intended to be used for circuits similar to those specified in IEC 61851-23 (under development) which operate at different voltages and which may include ELV and communication signals. This standard applies to the vehicle couplers to be used in an ambient temperature of between -30 °C and +50 °C. These vehicle couplers are intended to be connected only to cables with copper or copper-alloy conductors.