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Well-established team for Smart Charging: ISO 15118 and OCPP 2.0.1

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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.

With Smart Charging peak loads are avoided

Out Now: Our Tender Support for Charge Management System used in bus fleets

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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.

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To the Tender Support

For more support, feel free to use our contact form or contact our responsible Sales Manager.

Contact details:

Maximilian Haag

maximilian.haag@carmedialab.com

Tel. +49 7251 7240-161

Recorded Webinar:
Vehicle Health Monitoring in New York

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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.

Contact details:

Maximilian Haag

maximilian.haag@carmedialab.com

Tel. +49 7251 7240-161

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VDV 463 makes charge planning easy

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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
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.

  1. Manage circulation and provide loading request from ITCS and BMS to Charge Management System: new request or charge request
  2. Control loading process and transfer information about loading processes from Charge Management System to ITCS
  3. 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

Click here for VDV 463:

https://knowhow.vdv.de/documents/463/

MOBILEcharge in use:

https://www.initse.com/dede/news-resources/knowledge-database/press-releases/2021/lade-und-depotmanagement-fuer-leipzigs-elektrobusse/

You can get to know our proven and widely used Charge Management System MOBILEcharge here:

https://www.carmedialab.com/en/products/public-transport/charge-management/

White paper:
How to implement charge management successfully

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Benefit from our experience and implement an intelligent charging concept in your e-bus fleet. The following three factors will bring your project to success: Taking an iterative approach, maintaining close communication between those involved, ensuring that system components are interoperable, and having an experienced partner on hand will all play an essential role.

With its software application MOBILEcharge, CarMedialab is involved in a range of projects since 2019. More and more transport companies start to realize that managing a fleet with this new type of refuelling is so complex that it requires the help of an intelligent charging system.

Are you considering a transition to electric power for your bus fleet?

Read more in the white paper:

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Electric cleaning vehicles
ensure clean streets

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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.

Hydra Vehicles in Barcelona
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.

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Why the OCPP standard is so important

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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.

Get the Update: ISO 15118:20

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A new version is released and will be available from CarMedialab this summer

ISO 15118:20 is an important communication standard that offers many new possibilities for electric vehicles.

This can be divided into four major functionality sections: 

  1. AC for alternating current charging
  2. DC for direct current charging
  3. wireless power transfer (WPT) for inductive charging and
  4. Automatic Connecting Device Pantograph for charging communication via pantograph charging infrastructure

Bidirectional charging represents a sought-after technical advancement in the new standard. It enables both the charging of a vehicle and the feeding of energy back into the grid. 

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The new software is soon available for charging stations

The CarMedialab release is already available from the end of June. Ask now!

Read more about ISO 15118 here:

https://www.carmedialab.com/en/products/smart-charging/software-stack-iso-15118/

Here you can find all information:

https://www.iso.org/standard/77845.html

OppCharge technology on e-buses in Milan

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Smart charging of buses with “OppCharge”
Alstom – a world leader in railroad technology – manufactures, among many other things, streetcars and trains for mass transit. Thanks to our charge controller, smart charging for buses has been made possible.

Sketch of an e-bus with pantograph
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OppCharge and Pantograph
Here, charging is done with so-called “Opportunity Charging”, among experts this is called: OppCharge. This refers to opportunity charging of the batteries of buses or trucks: With this technology, they are recharged with high energy at terminal stations or selected locations. The challenge here is to transfer a lot of energy in a short time. The connection is made by conductive poles and rails on the vehicle as well as Wifi communication and control within an automatic connection system. For charging, the pantograph is moved to the contact point on the roof of the vehicle. 

The charging process works

Successful acceptance test on site
With our valuable client we’ve performed successful acceptance test onsite. This was to verify that the application works as planned for the customer. Smart Charging from CarMedialab offers embedded systems that can be integrated into both the vehicle and the charging pole. For vehicle and charging pole to harmonize, software and hardware must be in perfect harmony. Our software stacks help to make this possible.

OppCharge charging process with pantograph

Here you can read more about our software stacks:

https://www.carmedialab.com/en/produkte/smartcharging/

Click here for a free consultation appointment:

https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/CarMedialab@carmedialab.com/bookings/

Good bus charging management is compatible with existing systems

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Future-proof charging management thanks to VDV-Normen
Users of our charging management system MOBILEcharge benefit from the interoperability of the software to efficiently charge many electric buses. But what does that mean exactly?

Interoperability generally means that a system can work together with other systems. If the system’s interfaces are open, collaboration can work with two or more programs or systems. Thus, multiple systems can be integrated without problems of access or implementation.

Interoperability enables the integration of existing systems

At Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH (rnv) for example, e-buses, as well as passenger cars, are charged at four depots with over 100 charging points. Various interfaces ensure optimal functionality: VDV 463 between charging management and depot management system (DMS) at the customer’s site and VDV 261 for communication between charging management and vehicle to control preconditioning (Interior and battery are tempered in time). Compliance with these VDV standards enables a high degree of interoperability. GoRaleigh based in the USA also controls and monitors the charging activities of the e-buses with MOBILEcharge in connection with the control centre. Changes can be made permanent so that charging can always be carried out in a cost-saving manner.

Conveniently charge and monitor e-buses
Through our charging management system MOBILEcharge, all charging processes can not only be primarily controlled but also monitored in real-time. Charging with reduced amperage increases battery life while lowering overall energy demand.

Your contact person:
Maximilian Haag
Phone +49.7251.7240.161
maximilian.haag@carmedialab.com