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EVRoaming Foundation

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The objective of the EVRoaming Foundation is to facilitate roaming services for charging electric vehicles and provide transparent information to consumers about charging locations and prices, by use of the open and independent Open Charge Point Interface (OCPI) protocol.

Lobbying Activity

Response to Targeted technical update of EU rules on measuring instruments

10 Jan 2025

The measuring guidelines/regulation should also be applicable on time registration devices for charging infrastructure. There are many situations where end user cost is also based on a time component. At this moment there is no guarantee at all that that measuring is done correct. At least the registration device (clock) should be certified. Fraud is currently very easy by using time devices that do not have a correct way of working. Also for the trust of the end user they must be able to trust that the calculated and invoiced time is correct.
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Response to Technical specifications related to the format, frequency and quality of data on alternative fuels infrastructure

19 Dec 2024

Enclosed in the file the feedback from the EVRoaming Foundation. As it is both about the requested data as well as the format etc, this feedback is submitted to both the consultation about additional data types as well as the consultation about the technical specification.
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Response to Data types for alternative fuels infrastructure

19 Dec 2024

Enclosed in the file the feedback from the EVRoaming Foundation. As it is both about the requested data as well as the format etc, this feedback is submitted to both the consultation about additional data types as well as the consultation about the technical specification.
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Response to Targeted technical update of EU rules on measuring instruments

4 Oct 2024

The EVRoaming Foundation supports accessibility of charging infrastructures, including clear, transparent, correct, reliable and understandable information towards the EV driver. We also support a good open market. For both standards are important. We see unified standards for metering across Europe as very important step in this. The risk that every country would define its own standard for metering is a nightmare for manufacturers, operators and what the EV driver can rely on. We believe that this should be required for ALL metering devices that are used for calculating cost towards end users. In other words: not only for kWh meters, but also for timing meter if timing is a price component. Finally, the end user must be able to trust that the values used for cost calculation are done via certified meters. An important requirement before it becomes an obligation is that when demanded, the meters are available for AC and DC chargers and that adoption should not hinder large scale installation of charging infrastructure. E.g. it must take into account how to deal with existing infrastructure and with the availability of the meters in all applicable countries.
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