eMSP

E-mobility service provider: issues the charging card or app, sets the driver's price and sends the invoice.

Explained in

EV charging fundamentals · Stop 02Who are all the companies involved?Look closely at one charging moment and count the companies at work: site host, CPO, eMSP, software provider and grid operator.

The e-mobility service provider holds the customer relationship: the contract, the price, the app and the invoice.

From “Five roles around one session”, stop 02

Also in

  1. EV charging fundamentals · Stop 05Why do different drivers pay different prices?Three routes to one charger
  2. EV charging fundamentals · Stop 09One charging session, fully understoodThe 22 minutes, narrated properly
  3. OCPI and roaming · Stop 01Why does a card work at someone else's charger?Two roles, one session
  1. CPOCharge point operator: runs the chargers, keeps them available and sells the charging service.
  2. CPMSCharge point management system: the operator's software backend that monitors and controls the chargers. OCPP calls it the Central System in version 1.6 and the CSMS, charging station management system, from version 2.0.1 on.
  3. Site hostThe owner of the location, who provides the parking spaces for the chargers.