To fill For gas vehicles, all you usually need is a credit card or cash. Charging an EV at a DC fast charging station requires slightly different things, including a credit card reader, an app for the charger network, and a functioning touchscreen, all of which are slightly different.
Things may change next year New “Universal Plug and Charge” initiative EV car manufacturer and charger group SAE International is leading the way and consolidating its position. Launching in early 2025, this network could make charging EVs easier than actually refueling them. Once you plug it in, the car and charger connect to the cloud to obtain your payment details and are ready to go.
Some combinations of vehicle and charging networks are already offering these systems through a patchwork of individual deals, including: Listed on Inside EVs. Tesla has always delivered a plug-and-charge experience through tight integration between Superchargers and vehicles. Now, Tesla is joining the Plug and Charge movement in earnest and will make sure that other charging stations have a near-similar experience.
Electric Vehicle Public Key InfrastructureAlternatively, EVPKI involves a number of leading players and is built on the ISO standard (15118), making it faster and safer for vehicles to be certified and charged at charging stations. There are numerous certifications available for every step of the claims process. Detailed in the EVPKI presentationThe system contains a list of authenticated trusts. There should be room for new charging networks and car manufacturers through open standards and certification systems.
Charging networks can and will likely continue to offer incentives for brand loyalty through apps or reward points. But new EV owners don’t have to put much effort into finding “the good stuff” during their travels.
By connecting cars to a key-based authentication system, the initiative also has the potential to drive vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging, which could use the car’s massive batteries to balance power loads with local power loads. Make the grid more resilient.
“We are rapidly approaching a future where every EV driver can plug in, charge and move. The network will talk to your car to seamlessly process payments,” Gabe Klein, executive director of the Joint Office on Energy and Transportation, said in a statement. “This is a fundamental step in the architecture that will enable two-way charging and true vehicle-grid integration, the holy grail of energy and transportation.” The joint office is a collaboration between the Department of Energy and the Department of Transportation.
The Hummer-sized EV elephant in the room illustrates how the incoming Trump administration, which has expressed opposition to the Biden administration’s EV policy, could influence these plans. Klein told The Verge. With automakers and the industry, including Elon Musk-led Tesla, agreeing and putting in the real work, “the ship has sort of sailed.”
This story originally appeared to Ars Technica.
