EV Charging Standards / Plugs

[strudel]

I'm doing some further research on charging due to the free government home charging offer currently going, and I'm now a little confused.

There seem to be, unsurprisingly, several standards of connectors and charging modes. So a little wikipedia suggests the following plugs:

AC:

J1772 aka Type 1 (5 pin)
Mennekes/VDE aka Type 2 (7 pin)
EV Plug Alliance aka Type 3 (Some hybrid thing?)

DC:

CHAdeMO (Huge 4 Pin thing)
SAE Combo (Standardised DC tacked onto type 1/2 AC)
Supercharger (not sure?)

Which all can charge at different rates depending on what supply they're connected to.

What's confusing is different manufacturers seem to use different plugs. So what do you get installed at home, and how do you manage when out and about? It all seems a bit of a mess.

[strudel]

Good stuff

So it looks like a 32A type II for home, with a Type I/II conversion cable if the car isn't type II. Then when out and about just hope you can find the necessary plug for DC charging, which should be a type II combo. Looks like the EU has rumblings about banning CHAdeMO anyway: http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/13/eu-to-ban-chad...