16 learning paths
Learning paths
Each path follows one concrete situation in short stops, one question at a time.
Start here
The ground floor: one charging session and the vehicle itself.
Charging technology
From the charger to the site it stands on and the power it shares.
- 03Charging hardwareFollow a service technician through one morning at a charging hub, and understand what sits inside a charger, from the grid terminal to the plug.
- 04Charging infrastructureFollow one charging hub at a motorway junction from the first idea to its first year, and understand how a public site is planned, connected, built and run.
- 05Load managementFollow one office car park through one day, and understand how many cars charge from one limited connection, and how chargers share the power that is there.
Protocols
The languages between charger, backend, roaming partners and car.
- 06OCPP in depthFollow one charger's messages through one day, and understand what OCPP does, how its versions differ and how faults show up.
- 07OCPI and roamingFollow one card through an afternoon at chargers abroad, and understand how operators and providers exchange locations, tokens, tariffs and session records.
- 08Plug & ChargeFollow one car through a day of charging without a card, and understand how ISO 15118, certificates and the companies that issue them make it work.
Energy
How charging connects to the grid, to storage and back again.
- 09Energy and grid integrationFollow one residential street through one winter evening, and understand how charging connects to the power system: grid capacity, flexible charging, prices and renewable energy.
- 10Bidirectional chargingFollow one car through a winter evening in which it powers its house, and understand how a battery can give energy back: technology, standards, rules and value.
- 11Battery storageFollow one rural fast-charging site with a battery through one day, and understand how stationary batteries support charging and the grid: what they contain, how they are sized and run.
Market and rules
Prices, revenue and the law that frames both.
- 12Payments and billingFollow two drivers at one supermarket charger, and understand how a charging session is priced, shown, paid, settled and invoiced, with a contract and without one.
- 13Business modelsFollow one charger at a DIY store through one Saturday, and understand how the companies around charging earn money: operators, providers, site hosts, suppliers and energy.
- 14Regulations and complianceFollow a compliance manager through the review of one new charger and one office car park, and understand the rules for charging in Europe: AFIR, measuring law, data, buildings and national law.
Fleets and trucks
Charging when vehicles work for a company or carry 40 tonnes.
- 15Fleet chargingFollow a fleet manager through one night at a delivery depot, and understand how companies charge their vehicles at the depot, at employees' homes and on the road, and how they plan, pay and report it.
- 16Truck chargingFollow one long-haul electric truck through a day on the road, and understand how heavy trucks charge: overnight in the depot and during the driver's mandatory break.