Usability and Reliability of the Overall Charging Infrastructure System

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Recording of Wednesday, June 19, 2024 | The smarter E Europe 2024 | Conference Program | Language: English | Duration: 9:34 .

State-Owned Company NOW Advances Carbon-Free Society with Alternative Drive Systems and Improved Charging Infrastructure

Sebastian Lahmann explains his role at NOW, a state-owned company working on behalf of the government to advance alternative drive systems and reduce carbon emissions across various transportation sectors including shipping, trains, and airplanes. The company's primary aim is to facilitate a transition towards a carbon-free society with an emphasis on hydrogen and fuel cell products as well as electromobility. As part of this initiative, the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport funded the Nationale LEITSTELLE Ladeinfrastruktur (Center for Charging Infrastructure), where Sebastian Lahmann leads implementation efforts. Their work involves optimizing hardware and grid connections essential for efficient public charging infrastructure. Early in their project, they produced a position paper titled "Easy Charging," which focuses on improving user experience in public passenger car charging through customer journey mapping spanning nine sections—from locating chargers to handling failures. Similar initiatives are underway for truck charging logistics. The team also embarked on digitization projects supported by industry experts to analyze digital infrastructure issues including data quality problems like incomplete fields or incorrect geo-coordinates, interoperability challenges among interfaces and protocols, usability concerns regarding charger operation sequences, and cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Additionally, standards specific to truck charging were reviewed; some are complete while others require further development. For more detailed findings—especially concerning track-specific standards—you can refer to their published resources online.

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Speaker

Sebastian Lahmann
Team Lead Implementing
National Center for Charging Infrastructure / NOW GmbH
Germany

Talk of session: Interoperability Through Conformance Testing

This interactive session looks at the crucial role of common standards for the development, introduction and scaling of the e-mobility ecosystem. Universal interoperability of electric vehicles, electric charging infrastructure and associated digital services need common standards based on rigid conformance testing and certification. Agreeing on common standards for physical, electric and electronic interfaces is in everyone's interest and will promote efficient product development and series production. Recognized certifications will create a market-pull and commercial incentive for common standards.

Further Talks of this session:

Welcome and Introduction

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Christoph Stürmer
CEO CharIN Academy
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Germany

To Talk

Navigating the Regulatory Landscape: Keys to Successful EV Charging Rollout in Europe?

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Jayson Dong
Senior Manager, Public Policy - EU, Spain, & Italy
ChargePoint

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Importance of Interoperability for Reliability of Public High-Power-Charging

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Lukas Schriewer
Principal Charging & Energy
P3 Group GmbH
Germany

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CharIN Testing and Certification - the Key to a Seamless Charging Experience

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Beat Kreuter
Vice President
DEKRA SE

To Talk

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