Continuing this week's post about interoperable EV charging for charge point operators, this concept has its own challenges, which are important to mention:
1. Cooperation with multiple hardware manufacturers.
CPO’s need to cooperate with leading EV charger manufacturers to ensure the use of proven quality hardware from the market. Such hardware should be powerful enough to handle frequent usage of the charger. Moreover, the charger should have functionalities like dynamic load management, with wired leader-follower communication, for effective power distribution and to guarantee maximum uptime, even in the absence of wireless communication between chargers.
2. Communication Systems.
Non-stop communication between chargers is essential for interoperability. CPOs need to develop custom communication systems with custom protocols or use the OCPP protocol for communication, control, and data gathering, which guarantees the fluent operation of the entire network.
3. Integration with EV manufacturers.
Close collaboration with EV manufacturers is key to ensure smooth integration with current and future EV charger models. After integration is done, EV charger manufacturers and CPOs need to continue cooperation to exchange information about hardware, firmware, and protocol changes from the manufacturer's side and communication system changes from the CPO's side.
What other advantages and challenges do You see in this concept?
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Have you seen the EVerest Project? We have made OCPP charing station implementation a commodity. Hope to replacement all these different interpretations with one open-source stack. As it is open source you can even use it as a simulator on a laptop.