EV charging and energy transition glossary
Whether you’re a charging network operator, energy professional or new to the world of EV infrastructure, this glossary helps you understand the terminology that drives the energy transition.
Explore key definitions, clarify complex terms, and gain a deeper understanding of the language that powers EV charging, smart energy, and e-mobility solutions.
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AC Charging
A customized visual and functional layer for apps or portals, tailored to reflect a partner’s brand within the LMS platform.
API (Application Programming Interface)
A customized visual and functional layer for apps or portals, tailored to reflect a partner’s brand within the LMS platform.
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Back office for charging stations
A back office is a software solution that keeps track of important charging data from your charging station.
Through this cloud-based system, you can automatically settle these costs with your employer or own company. Another name for such a back office is a Charging Station Management System (CSMS).
Branded Environment
A customized visual and functional layer for apps or portals, tailored to reflect a partner’s brand within the LMS platform.
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Charge Point Operator
A Charge Point Operator manages multiple charge points and ensures that they can all be used continuously for EV drivers to charge their cars without any problems
Charging Session
A customized visual and functional layer for apps or portals, tailored to reflect a partner’s brand within the LMS platform.
Charging Station Management System (CSMS)
The world of EV charging solutions is full of new terms and abbreviations. What do we mean by the term Charging Station Management System (CSMS)? A CSMS is a platform where multiple charging stations can be managed. Through open protocols, the software behind the platform communicates with the charging stations, in order to view and...
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e-clearing.net
The goal of e-clearing.net is unhindered access to charging infrastructure across network and national borders.
e-Mobility Service Provider
The e-Mobility Service Provider, also known as an e-MSP (or EMSP, MSP or ‘provider’ for short), is the company with which the EV driver contracts for all services related to electric charging.
Electrical Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE)
Electrical Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) refers to a connector used to charge 1 electric vehicle
EV-roaming
EV Roaming (or eRoaming) is made possible by agreements between service providers and is enabled through an EV charge management platform.
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ISO 15118 Standard
ISO 15118 is an international standard that defines a vehicle to grid (V2G) communication interface for bi-directional charging/discharging of electric vehicles.
ISO 27001 standard
Suppliers of software for companies that provide charging station management services often refer to the ISO 27001 standard. What exactly does this standard entail? Our cloud platform for CPOs and e-MSPs contains a lot of customer data. So we handle this with extreme care. The ISO 27001 standard is a globally recognized standard in the field of information security....
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Open Charge Point Interface (OCPI)
Open Charge Point Interface (OCPI) is an open protocol used for connections between charging station operators and service providers.
Open Charge Point Protocol
The Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP) is an open protocol that describes how communication should occur between the electric car charging point and a back office system such as Last Mile Solutions
Open Clearing House Protocol (OCHP)
Suppliers of software for companies that provide charging station management services often refer to the acronym OCHP. What exactly is this protocol and what can you do with it? The Open Clearing House Protocol (OCHP) enables borderless charging of electric vehicles over charging station networks. Using OCHP, EV charging service providers can connect with infrastructure providers to...
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