How MCS Will Help Us to Achieve Our Climate Goals

Recording of Tuesday, June 13, 2023 | The smarter E Europe | Conference Program | Language: English | Duration: 30:58 .

Speaker

Ulrich Aschenbroich
Managing Director ABB E-Mobility GmbH
ABB E-Mobility GmbH
Switzerland

Talk of session: Charging Challenges For E-Mobility

Electric vehicles and charging infrastructure have become established in the mass market. But there are still some challenges when it comes to meeting demand, and the charging process does not always run smoothly. In this session, experts from industry, academia and NGOs will be discussing questions such as: Why is the public charging infrastructure unable to provide reliable charging? How must we adapt the existing charging infrastructure to accommodate commercial and heavy-duty vehicles? How can technology and technical standards keep up with the growth and diversification of the battery electric vehicle fleet? Join this discussion by players working on the front line of this market.

Further Talks of this session:

Welcome & Introduction

Speaker

Christopher Hecht
Data Scientist / Scientist
ISEA Institute, RWTH Aachen University
Germany

To Talk

Connecting Electrical Mobility to an Electricity Grid at Full Capacity: Challenges and Solutions in the Netherlands

Speaker

Dr. Renée Heller
Professor
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
The Netherlands

To Talk

Happycustomer@Charging Powered by BMW Quality Management Ecosystem Charging

Speaker

Marcus Liertz
Head of Charging Quality
BMW AG
Germany

To Talk

The Relevance of Flexibility for a Successful Integration of E-Mobility into the Energy System

Speaker

Patrick Vasile
Ingenieur & Project Manager E-Mobility Power System Integration
Netze BW
Germany

To Talk

Partners & Sponsors

Session Partner

Further Content

James Allston, Marko Topič

Keep Calm and Deploy Solar (and Batteries)

The smarter E Podcast Episode 254 | Language: English

April 30, 2026

How European businesses use solar, batteries and EV fleets to manage volatile power prices and explore the future of perovskite solar.

Gautham Ram Chandra Mouli, Ruben Valiente

Beating the Blockade with EVs and Batteries

The smarter E Podcast Episode 253 | Language: English

April 16, 2026

Flexibility as a hedge: How V2G and battery storage reduce fossil fuel reliance and turn electric transport into a strategic asset for grid stability.

Thomas Raffeiner and Petrouschka Werther

What EV Acceleration Means for the Grid

The smarter E Podcast Episode 260 | Language: English

July 9, 2026

Cars as batteries on wheels: Thomas Raffeiner and Petrouschka Werther discuss how V2G and smart charging turn EVs into critical grid assets.

Marcel Rümenapf

Will Soaring Fuel Costs Make eMobility Mass Market? – With Marcel Rümenapf

The smarter E Podcast Episode 256 | Language: English

May 28, 2026

Siemens’ Marcel Rümenapf explains why eMobility is becoming a strategic advantage for European logistics fleets.

The smarter E Europe Conferences 2026

Panel Discussion of the Session: User Success Stories and Best Cases

Tuesday, June 23, 2026, 02:30 pm

The smarter E Europe Conferences 2026 | Conference Program

For more than two decades, Norway has been steadily building a marketplace for electric transport. Having started out with inexpensive short-range electric cars and household charging sockets, Norway has now moved to mass-market solutions where fast charging (DC) and grid balancing (AC) plays an ever more vital role. With more than 1,000,000 electric cars and over 10,000 fast chargers in a relatively small market, Norway offers a rare early view of large-scale electrification. Over the past decade, electric cars have seen substantial improvements, which is now making it easier for new markets to advance electrification. At the same time, Norway has to deal with challenges years before other markets do. Yet despite different starting points, we can see that most markets are facing the same core challenges. From grid-smart charging strategies to innovative business models, there are excellent examples of best practices emerging elsewhere in Europe. What will the next thing in electrification be, both in mature and in emerging markets? And what will be possible when the right people and companies come together, sharing knowledge, solving common problems and accelerating the shift to cleaner mobility?