As thousands of public charging stations are now installed on city streets around the world, EV Charging Service providers are encountering new maintenance challenges. How do you know if the EVSE is still safe and operational after 6 months or … Continued
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EVSE Compliance Testing for SAE J1772™ and IEC 61851
EVSE manufacturers are spending big money to have their products certified at NRTLs. Even well designed products often need multiple test cycles to get certified and the costs go higher. Having a comprehensive EVSE test system in house can save … Continued
Gridtest attends IEC 15118 meeting in Nice
The industry standard for Vehicle to Grid Communications is known as IEC 15118. The standard is still under development. Gridtest European Director, Eoin Licken attended the April meeting of IEC 15118 to streamline Gridtest’s test methodologies with the needs of … Continued
Gridtest Founder Neal Roche Interviewed by ChargedEV Magazine
In a recent interview with ChargedEV Magazine, Gridtest founder Neal Roche highlighted safety concerns in EVSEs that were uncovered with the EVE-100 test system. The full article may be found here. Neal indicated that “…safety must be paramount; it needs … Continued
Europe Commits to Massive Rollout of Public EV Charging Stations
Also standardizes on type 2 EV charging plugs In January, the European Commission announced a legally binding package of clean fuel measures for the European Union. One major component of the package was a dramatic increase in the number of … Continued
Gridtest® Systems Announce New EV Charger Test Equipment for Safety, Conformance, and Interoperability Testing
Westlake Village, Calif. February 25, 2013. Gridtest Systems, Inc. today announced the availability of its EVE-100S Test Solution for Electric Vehicle (EV) chargers. The EVE-100S is designed for use in R&D and certification labs for EV Supply Equipment (EVSE), where … Continued
New Safety Rule for EV Charging Stations
Most of us are aware that EVSE’s must have a Charge Circuit Interruption Device (CCID) in order to be compliant to safety standard UL 2231-1 & 2. However a new rule which came into force on November 21st says that … Continued
Industry standard for testing EVSE conformance and Interoperability?
Standards Coming Soon… There is no testing standard yet but 2013 will bring some important developments in this area. SAE J2953 The SAE Hybrid committee is working on a draft document, J2953 which will provide recommended testing procedures for … Continued
PEV-EVSE Compatibility problems
As new PEVs are introduced to the market, we’re hearing about an increasing number of interoperability issues. Vehicle OEMs have been forced in some cases to instruct customers not to plug their vehicle into certain brands of public charging stations. … Continued
DC Combo Charging Test System
Vehicle OEM’s and EV Charger suppliers who are planning to support the new DC Combo Charging system are currently developing new digital communications capability between the PEV and the off-board Charger. Both the SAE and ISO/IEC Combo Charging standards will … Continued