What's up with iPhone 3G car chargers?

I have two different car chargers that work fine with my 32 gig iPod Touch and other iPods. However when I hook them up to my new iPhone 3G I get a message that says the charger is incompatible with the iPhone 3G and will not charge it. It appears that the iPhone 3G requires a special car charger. BTW, I have not experienced this with the AC charger or (of course) the USB to Mac charger.
Have any of you experienced this and if so I would love to hear your input.
Ken

Charging via FireWire with older iPods was popular with car charger manufacturers - FireWire accepts 12V - straight from the car. When Apple removed FireWire charging, they kept with USB which is 5V. That requires car chargers to convert 12V to 5V. This costs money.

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