New York City’s East 34th Street Heliport in midtown Manhattan is going electric. The news was revealed when the operator of the heliport, Atlantic Aviation, a fixed-base operator with over 100 locations, and the New York City Economic Development Corporation announced a renewal of the heliport’s five-year lease. The Big Apple will serve as a… Read more »
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ChargeGuru x Zeplug to use AMPECO’s software to power its European EV charging network
Paris-based EV charging infrastructure provider ChargeGuru x Zeplug has partnered with global EV charging management platform provider AMPECO, headquartered in Bulgaria, to power its network of charging stations in France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Germany, Italy, the UK and Ireland. ChargeGuru and Zeplug merged in 2023 to combine the two companies’ strengths: ChargeGuru’s network of local… Read more »
Emobi and Autocrypt collaborate to make Plug & Charge EV charging more secure
Emobi, an e-mobility roaming network provider, and Autocrypt, an automotive cybersecurity provider, have been working together since 2023 to develop a secure communication framework for EVs and charging stations based on ISO 15118-2 and ISO 15118-20 standards. The collaboration has focused on “building a robust Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) to address errors and data inconsistencies… Read more »
Hubject and AMPECO partner to deliver Plug & Charge and roaming features for EV charging
Berlin-based EV charging network platform Hubject and EV charging management software company AMPECO, headquartered in Bulgaria, are collaborating to deliver Plug & Charge and roaming services to EV charging providers under a single contract. EV charging providers can now use the AMPECO platform to onboard with Hubject’s roaming services, and clients can maintain their brand… Read more »
i-charging Earns ETL certification for SAE J3400 (NACS) EV charging plug
Portuguese EV charging solutions provider i-charging has announced that its blueberry fast charging family has received an ETL certification update from Intertek for the NACS plug standard (now more properly known as SAE J3400). (The company’s products were already ETL-certified for CCS-1 and CHAdeMO plugs.) The ETL certification process involves extensive assessments of the design,… Read more »
CharIN unveils OPNC protocol to enable supplier-agnostic Plug & Charge
EV charging standards facilitator CharIN has introduced the Open Plug & Charge Network Communication (OPNC) Protocol, which is designed to elevate the Plug & Charge functionality of EV charging infrastructure. This API protocol enables supplier-agnostic Plug & Charge with Multi-V2G-PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) and Multi-MO-PKI (mobility operator) interoperability based on the ISO 15118 standard. Plug… Read more »
Einride opens 65-plug heavy-duty EV charging site near California ports
Freight mobility company Einride has opened a charging hub for heavy-duty EVs in Lynwood, California. Einride’s Smartcharger Station has 65 chargers, and can charge up to 200 vehicles a day. The site was built in collaboration with charging infrastructure developer Voltera. The charging station, which is strategically located near the Ports of Los Angeles and… Read more »
Leviton launches a plug-in version of its EV Series Smart Home charging station
Electrical equipment giant Leviton has launched a plug-in version of its EV Series Smart Home charging station. Originally launched in January 2023 in a hard-wired version, the EV Series Smart Home station is designed to be part of a smart home system that also incorporates lighting and load centers such as heating/AC, refrigerators and other… Read more »
Microchip’s new plug-and-play mSiC gate driver works out of the box to reduce high-voltage design time
Microchip Technology has added a new offering to its line of silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor solutions. The new 3.3 kV XIFM plug-and-play mSiC gate driver uses the company’s patented Augmented Switching technology, and is designed to work out of the box with preconfigured module settings to reduce design and evaluation time. “The complex development work… Read more »
EnviroSpark has installed over 7,800 charging plugs. Here’s what the company has learned.
EnviroSpark runs its own EV charging network and helps others with installations, including Tesla, Volkswagen and Ford. The parlous state of public charging reliability has emerged as a major roadblock to wider EV adoption, and the entire industry is going through a soul-searching phase, trying to identify the roots of the problems and correct them…. Read more »