Brand new: We have been busy and newly received our certification for ISO 14001:2015. This international environmental management standard ensures that we live up to our environmental responsibilities.
For us, this means not stopping now, but continuing to give everything we can to protect our Earth.
You can find out more about environmental management and sustainability on our website, and Maximilian explains what environmental management looks like in practice in the video:
Charging in the future with MOBILEcharge The “Aachener Straßenbahn und Energieversorgungs-AG“, or „ASEAG“ (short for Aachen Tramway and Energy Supply Company), is soon charging their electric bus fleet with MOBILEcharge. Up to 150 charging points will be created in the ASEAG depot, which will work with VDV 463 and VDV 261, among others.
By the end of July 2023, milestones such as the establishment of a server instance, implementation of network requirements, certificate creation and provisioning, configuration of charging stations, communication tests and vehicle tests will be completed.
Electromobility standards ISO 15118 is responsible for communication between the charging station and an electric vehicle, OCPP for communication between the charging station and a central charging management system. They work hand in hand – and benefit from each other.
Why do the two standards rely on each other Many charging systems use version 1.5 or 1.6 of OCPP. With ISO 15118 and the latest version of OCPP 2.0.1 in combination, the requested amount of energy is moreover sent to the charging station. This in turn forwards the information to the backend system. The two standards help make processes faster and easier for everyone. Without OCPP 2.0.1 and ISO 15118 additional hardware or a mobile app to send information is required.
Smart charging in context The more data provided and the more accurate the data from the e-vehicles, the better the central system can make decisions. That’s exactly what smart charging is. Smart charging also helps avoid the notorious peak loads in order to save costs. In addition, vehicles are no longer charged with too little energy, other charging users do not unnecessarily block stations, and time-consuming alternatives are eliminated.
Remote access to test vehicles is made possible Our customer, Bosch Engineering GmbH, has recently developed a new Remote Vehicle Access (RVA) solution. This can significantly simplify testing or development processes by enabling remote access. As vehicles become more complex, more testing needs to be done within their development. With remote vehicle access, vehicles can be accessed flexibly via a remote connection during test drives without having to be on-site to collect data, by instance. Areas of application are monitoring of tests, measurements, updates and much more.
Faster and more efficient work With the new RVA application, projects can be accelerated by months in some cases. Another major advantage is more effective collaboration within the team. Data protection and data security are also taken care of. All in all, the application saves a lot of time and money. We consider the development great and support such a step into a digital future with our hardware and software solutions.
Support for the preparation of tenders Do you need assistance with the preparation of tenders? No problem. We have made use of our experience and prepared valuable something for you.
With our tender support, we created a guideline that leads you through all critical points and requirements to make your proposal for tenders successful.
CDTA, a company from New York reports about experiences and benefits.
A webinar was held with our Sales Manager Maximilian Haag together with the “Capital District Transportation Authority”, a regional mobility provider in Albany, New York. The company operates 275 fixed-route buses as well as paratransit vehicles, trolleybuses and electric vehicles. MOBILEvhm has improved the processes and communication there considerably, so that it has been easier to make the right decisions since then.
The exciting webinar with a duration of only 23 minutes shows the challenges that have been overcome by using MOBILEvhm and lessons learned in managing the vehicle fleet. Watch the recorded webinar and feel free to ask us any questions.
The right interface determines your daily routine You don’t have time to plan and keep track of every charging process and every preconditioning request individually? Do you think it’s too time-consuming to constantly check the charge status of your buses? You are afraid that a bus will not make its tour with its current charge? Then VDV 463 might be just the solution you’re looking for, because it is a decisive interface to remove the stress around your daily operations.
The challenge with public transport becoming increasingly electric-powered lies with overall systems that enable comprehensive data exchange. Communication between the vehicle and the charging station (ISO 15118) and between the charging station and the Charge Management System (OCPP) has already been standardized, but there has not been a uniform format for the Charge Management System and the cross-modal pre-system. With a well-defined standard for communication, companies no longer have to develop their own solutions, which have long integration times and involve a lot of effort. This is exactly what VDV 463 is about: an interface between the Charge Management System and the Pre-Systems such as the Intermodal Transport Control System (ITCS) or the Depot Management System (BMS).
How VDV 463 works
Functionality and application The above mentioned systems using this interface acquire up-to-date data, which is continuously exchanged between the systems in both directions. The interface has been developed for three different use cases.
Manage circulation and provide loading request from ITCS and BMS to Charge Management System: new request or charge request
Control loading process and transfer information about loading processes from Charge Management System to ITCS
Implement preconditioning request from Pre-System in Charge Management System and return current status
Your main advantages
Flexibility– open interface and thus no vendor lock-in
Ensure compatibility and thus simplify processes considerably
Controlled charging thanks to charge controller in Barcelona
Hydra Power uses CarMedialab’s charge controller in street cleaning vehicles. The system links internal control units, such as the battery management system via ISO 15118 and IEC 61851, with the charging infrastructure for the charging process. A special feature of the system is the integrated mobile radio interface, which can be used for remote diagnosis of the charging process, individual control units or via the many CAN interfaces of the entire vehicle.
These vehicles clean streets in Barcelona
About “Cuidem Barcelona Residus” (Let’s take care of Barcelona’s waste)
Our customer Hydra Power develops, produces and markets hydraulic and pneumatic systems. In the Cuidem Barcelona Residus project, they are using the Flea as a charge controller. The project aims to improve the cleaning and maintenance of public places in the city.
To learn more about our software stacks for smart charging or our embedded systems, you can arrange a personal meeting here.
Interfaces between vehicle, charging station and backend ensure further development of charging infrastructure.
When charging electric cars, several factors are important to ensure a fast and safe charging process. This must also fit seamlessly into the local energy supply.
The Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) is the common language between charging stations and their management systems. It has become the de facto standard for electric car charging. When an electric car starts its charging process. A comprehensive data transfer begins between the charging point and the CPO/MSP backend system connected to it. User data can be transmitted to the contract partner as billing data for the charging current. The time frame and the amount of energy consumed for the respective charging process are also transferred.
Vendor-neutral, license-free – the obvious solution for reliable and efficient management and control of the various tasks mentioned above. As a quality feature, the international partnership of over 160 electric mobility companies, Open Charge Alliance (OCA), added a certificate in 2019. This enables interested parties to immediately recognize whether a charging station is compatible with OCPP. CarMedialab is also a member of OCA. Currently, almost all leading manufacturers are looking to equip their charging stations with OCPP-compatible technology.
What are the advantages of OCPP? OCPP has a number of advantages over other standards and protocols. For example, charging stations can fully communicate with any OCPP-compliant CPO/MSC backend system, with data well protected. In this way, customers get a future-proof and cost-effective charging infrastructure. It can also be combined with additional software and hardware components from different manufacturers at any time.
Up-to-dateness for use of all functionalities It is important that the charging stations always use the latest version of the Open Charge Point protocol. This means that the core includes all services such as firmware management, smart charging, reservation, management of a local authorization list and remote triggering. All of this is provided with the current OCPP, which will be converted into an ISO standard in the future.
All info about our software stack OCPP can be found here.
During the use of a vehicle, data is permanently generated. Whether speed, current or engine temperature: A great deal of useful information is collected, which can be used, for example, to optimize components and ensure the quality of the vehicle as a whole.
Be on the safe side thanks to live vehicle data One of our long-standing customers, Robert Bosch GmbH, is using our end devices to develop solutions for components found in electric cars, for example. Software solutions can be used to establish new types of products and optimize further life cycles. Among other things, research is being conducted on electric axles for electrified vehicles, which reduce the cost and weight of the drive while increasing efficiency. Onboard chargers”, which manage an intelligent charging process in combination with the charging station, are also part of the current field of activity.
Multiple application possibilities Due to a worldwide increase in digitalization and at the same time increasing complexity, such data-driven solutions are needed for vehicle development. Our systems serve in many situations: Quality assurance, identification of occasionally occurring errors, analysis and development documentation are just a few of the numerous advantages and possible uses of Flea 4.
Flea 4+ in action every day in the development of vehicles
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