Every article we write about charging: regulation, technology, market.
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In Poland, charging capacity exceeds the 2026 AFIR requirements, but hubs remain too rare along the TEN-T motorways.
Topics: TEN-T · AFIR
Two covered urban stations, in Paris and Madrid, reveal their constraints around high-voltage connection and underground fire safety.
AFIR, RED III, ISO 15118: what the rules require of your charge points, and when.
AFIR sets power and distance targets for charging on TEN-T corridors. What binds Member States, what binds operators, and how a CPO prepares its sites and back-end.
Topics: TEN-T · CPO strategy
The AFIR does not oblige Plug & Charge, but delegated act 2025/656 sets ISO 15118 requirements for new and renovated public points from 2026 and 2027. Dates, scope and checks.
Topics: ISO 15118 · CSMS
AFIR requires ad hoc payment and price display at public charging points. Which points need a card reader, what applies from 1 January 2027, and what to check in your network.
Topics: CPO strategy · CSMS
In-depth analysis to help you decide: smart charging, data, AI.
Where automation and AI assistance help in running charge points, from alert triage to reporting, and what stays unchanged: hardware, standards and accountability.
Topics: CSMS · AFIR
From site load balancing to price signals, aggregation and bidirectional charging: what AFIR, RED III and OCPP 2.1 say about each step, and where deployment remains limited.
Topics: Grid · Smart charging
A charging network outlives any protocol version. How to design for several OCPP versions, European deadlines, roaming and open data without locking yourself to one supplier.
Topics: Interoperability · OCPP
OCPP, power, storage, V2G: the technology, explained.
Where vehicle-to-grid stands in Europe: the standards that carry it, the regulation around it, and what the few sourced pilots and market rules show for a CPO today.
Topics: OCPP · AFIR
A charge point is a networked device. This article maps the European texts that bear on charging cybersecurity (RED delegated act, CRA, NIS2, AFIR) and the measures to prioritise.
Topics: ISO 15118 · CSMS
Which MCS standards exist, which figures are settled, and what AFIR sets for heavy-duty charging pools, so a CPO can prepare its sites without guessing a deployment date.
Topics: AFIR
The European charging market: players, models, investment.
Hotels and tourist sites add charge points for guests. What AFIR and the EPBD require, what is a business choice, and which decisions shape pricing, load and uptime.
Topics: Smart charging · OCPP
AFIR, EPBD and RED III do not impose the same rules on public and private charging. What each framework requires, and how to buy hardware that holds up across both.
Topics: OCPP · AFIR
Origin does not change the rules. The AFIR, ISO 15118, data and cybersecurity requirements that any charger sold in Europe must meet, as a procurement checklist for operators.
Topics: Interoperability · CSMS
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