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Tesla superchargers now also for other EVs!

The White House is teaming up with Tesla to create a greener future. 7,500 Tesla’s charging stations will be available to all electric vehicles (EVs) by 2024 across the country. With this new commitment to add 3,500 of both superchargers and level 2 destination chargers across the country, it promises to make EV travel much easier for Tesla-users and non-Tesla-users alike. It's encouraging that Tesla is also planning to double its network of superchargers. Over 3 million electric vehicles (EVs) and 60,000 charging stations are now in use in the US. President Joe Biden said that cooperation with Tesla it a „

In 2025, drivers will be able to hit the open road with style in their MINI Cooper SE Convertible. As a result of the positive response to the one-of-a-kind specimen unveiled in the summer of 2022, MINI is now moving forward with a small run of the all-electric MINI Cooper SE Convertible. Here are some technical details: power consumption combined: 17.2 kWh/100 km according to WLTP; combined CO2 emissions: 0 g/km. It’s the world's first locally emission-free luxury convertible in the small vehicle sector. Cars will be available in Europe in a limited number of 999 vehicles. 

New state joining the ban of new ICE cars sales

New York, California, and the European Union are ending new gas vehicle sales by 2035. Now, New Jersey joins this list. Philip Murphy (Governor of New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection) said: „

These are the next big steps forward. By the year 2035, the new cars sold in New Jersey will all, and I emphasize all, be zero-emission vehicles

.” Also, the state will invest $70 million in additional grant money to promote the use of medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles. 

Cadillac's EV debut is off to an iconic start, selling out its first all-electric car in a mere 19 minutes (in May 2022). Cadillac will introduce three new EVs by 2024, not including the $300,000 hand-built, premium luxury Celestiq scheduled to go on sale in December. All models of a vehicle will have an extra-paid upgrade from an estimated 340 horsepower on the rear-wheel drive variant to around 500 horsepower. CEO Rory Harvey stated that they

 „will be leaving this decade as an EV brand.” 

EV charging stations to be funded by The White House

On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Biden administration outlined a set of specifications for charging hardware for any business wishing to receive federal funding. The White House announcement rightfully points out about installation, operation, or maintenance of EV charging stations. It also applies to disparities exist among EV charging stations in key areas (connector types, payment methods, data privacy, speed and power of chargers, reliability) and the overall user experience. All 50 states, Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico's EV chargers that receive federal funding, including those supported by the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI), will be subject to the new national requirements. 

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Lately, there has been quite a lot of debate about the capacity of the grid all over the world. With tensions rising, many people are voicing their concerns in terms of the potential grid overburdening. However, while speaking about it, one must remember how complex the whole ecosystem is.

The global energy system is a vast and complex network that supplies energy to homes and businesses across the entire planet. It includes everything from power plants and transmission lines to distribution systems and end-use customers. At the heart of this system is energy management. This is the process of planning, controlling, and optimizing the use of energy resources to meet specific objectives. It involves countless operations making sure that the entirety runs smoothly.

Demand response is one of the technologies involved in grid’s proper operation. 

Per definition, demand response is a change in electricity consumption by consumers to help keep the supply and demand of electricity in balance. This can be done by either reducing or increasing their electricity usage depending on the needs of the grid.

Through demand response, utilities can reduce the need for investment in new generation capacity, as well as improve grid stability and resilience. For consumers, demand response programs can offer financial incentives and other benefits.

The whole technology, however slightly complicated at first glance, brings a whole plethora of benefits for both - energy consumers and the grid itself.

In our downloadable PDF, we shed light on all the important aspects of demand response:

What are the main branches of the energy system?

What’s the role of the grid in the ecosystem?

Examples of demand response in practise (including eMobility solutions)

How does demand response impact the energy system?

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As we move towards an era where oil will likely become less accessible or even regulated in some way due to global warming concerns and other issues such as pollution caused by fuel sources like coal fired power plants, 

electric vehicles are to become the transport of the future.

 With such a massive shift across all transportation branches, all hands on deck in terms of innovative solutions are needed.

Luckily, such industry ameliorations can be observed in every aspect there is to eMobility. From ever-enhancing electric cars with prolonged-battery lives to all kinds of charging facilities, eMobility is entering a whole new level.

Amongst these solutions, a big part is played by software and digital products. Namely, eRoaming, connected car data and smart charging are all here to stay and are only advancing at a speedy pace.

We have already covered eRoaming in one of our downloadable PDFs. To see more click 

A few definitions can be found in terms of what smart charging really is. Some of the widely circulating ones say:

Smart charging is a cloud-based technology that makes it possible to adjust how much energy is used by EVs based on the current state of the energy grid.

But what does it really mean in practice? One must look at smart charging as a complex, inter-connected ecosystem that enables real-time data exchange between:


Through smart charging, the charging stations may monitor, manage, and restrict the use of charging devices to optimize energy consumption. The optimization happens on the basis of collected data which gathers information such as:

renewable energy availability or lack thereof

Future-proof nature of smart charging allows for free-choice maneuvers in terms of the quality and quantity of features, leaving the room for any necessary add-ons. All that to ensure EVs will not pose a threat to the grid in times of high charging demand that’s likely to grow directly proportional to the growing popularity of electric cars.

careful monitoring of the energy consumption and thus, transferring the charging loads across available energy sources and adjusting the power accordingly. 

The shifts are to ensure the continuity of (untouched) energy flow for its other consumers, such as homes and facilities nearby.

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Certainly, roaming is something known to everyone at this point. However, what that has to do with eMobility?

Being a broad term for services allowing for connection outside of the usual network, roaming turns out to be an on-point solution for EV charging. With many players in the eMobility game (i.e. Charging Point Operators, eMobility Service Providers), some type of a connector is a must. Here’s exactly where eRoaming comes into play allowing for multi-dimensional connection between operators and EV drivers.

In short, eRoaming can be established via the use of hubs and protocols. A hub here can be an open platform which, after subscribing, can be used by many operators, who operate on common terms. This all happens in such a way that a certain charging pool introduced to a common hub can then be easily used by clients (EV drivers) of different providers. Such a solution allows electric vehicle users to charge their car across cities/countries with limited hussle.

In order to facilitate such a solution, the hubs developed their own open protocols, which are essentially responsible for the connection. They also define the functionalities of each eRoaming platform.

Amongst the existing hubs, we can differentiate three major ones. They all come with their own open standards and unify hundreds of CPOs and EMPs as well as millions of EV drivers.

The three biggest hubs and their protocols are:

(eMobility Inter-Operation Protocol - eMIP)

Apart from the proprietary protocols coming from hubs, it’s worth mentioning that there's also an independent one - 

Open Charge Point Interface Protocol (OCPI)

. It allows for eRoaming between the hubs as well as peer-to-peer connection.

To learn more about eRoaming, hubs & protocols, their importance and functionality as well as the future of eMobility - take a look at our exclusive paper covering all that needs to be covered on the topic!

eMobility News by Solidstudio

28 FEBRUARY 2023 • 4 MIN READ