EV Connect Launches Certification Program for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
EV Connect recently announced the launch of its EV Charge Station (EVCS) Certification Program for electric vehicle charging station manufacturers. EV Connect developed the certification program to allow manufacturers to remotely self-certify and complete the vast majority of steps required to ensure that their EV charge stations seamlessly accommodate the most common driver, network operator and utility use cases.
Along with ensuring compatibility with advanced charge station use cases, the EVCS Certification Program ensures that charge station hardware complies with the Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP), an internationally established, open-standards-based protocol for communication between electric vehicle EV charge station hardware and charge station networks.
The company provides a cloud-based software platform for managing networks of EV charging stations, their interaction with utilities, and the improvement of the driver experience. Charging stations certified under the EVCS Certification Program are automatically cleared to operate on EV Connect’s management platform, EV Cloud, and ensure that charging stations adhere to the highest levels of network reliability, maximized station performance, standards compliance and customer satisfaction.
Charging station manufacturers who have already completed the certification process include BTCPower, Delta, Aerovironment (Webasto), EVoCharge, EV Box, Tritium, and LiteOn. ABB Signet, and Siemens are expected to complete the EVCSC program by the Summer of 2019.
Source: energymanagertoday
