Europe moves towards the widespread adoption of electric vehicles -  smart charging infrastructure is a must

As developed countries across the globe are rapidly moving towards widespread adoption of electric vehicles, regulations revolving around billing requirements, roaming, remote management and intelligent metering are themselves pushing for installation of smart chargers in some of the largest EV markets in Europe. However, this leads to the traditional charging infrastructure becoming a burden for the grid infrastructure. Kamil Masqood from PTR Inc. brings some practical examples in the February issue of our magazine.

Regulations revolving around billing requirements, roaming, remote management and intelligent metering are themselves pushing for installation of smart chargers in some of the largest EV markets in Europe: Germany, France and UK. In Germany each electric car driver should be able to charge and pay at the same time without requiring an agreement with a service provider beforehand. Regulations in France require chargers to have the capacity to be managed remotely and to use a supervision system that supports EV roaming, and the French IRVE decree requires the use of a supervisory system that ensures that each charging point accessible to the public can be monitored remotely. The UK has regulations that require intelligent metering, payment and data communication related features from EV chargers.

Traditional charging technology was a great help in the initial phases of EV charging deployment in Europe but as the region moves towards the widespread adoption of electric vehicles, smart charging infrastructure is a must.

You can read the entire article in the February edition of our magazine.