What changes in the EV charging market, and how OCPP, smart charging and carbon credits work.
Blink Charging is restructuring, and through the former Blue Corner operation it reaches Belgium too. For installers, CPOs and fleet operators the lesson is simple: backend lock-in is a business risk.
The Embion EMS, built in Tilburg, now steers chargers on Plugchoice through the Plugchoice OCPP proxy.
Which EV chargers support OCPP, and which version?
Proxy, gateway and broker are three names for software between an EV charger and its back office. They overlap, and they are not the same thing.
NewMotion became Shell Recharge. Then the home charging business moved to 50five. Then the maker, eNovates, went bankrupt.
EVCC's Plugchoice charger template asks for three fields and one portal setting to read power correctly.
A charger is only as good as what comes with it.
Charger apps are usually locked to one brand: buy a different charger, install a different app.
"Free OCPP server" usually means a trial, a charger cap, or a feature you unlock later.
Every vendor sells smart charging, but the word covers three different mechanisms that solve three different problems.
Becoming a charge point operator sounds like a hardware decision: buy chargers, install them, done.
A CSMS and a CPO are not two names for the same thing. One is software, the other is a business.
The restarted Enovates will not honour warranty and service obligations entered into before its June bankruptcy, Chief Commercial Officer Rob Wolters confirmed to Plugchoice, and prices are set to rise by as much as 40 percent.
Tax-free reimbursement for charging a company car at home in the Netherlands is not a flat rate per kWh. It runs on your real cost price, or a market-rate agreement.
Moving a charger to a new backend comes down to one setting: the CSMS WebSocket URL.
Six weeks after it went bankrupt, the Belgian charger maker Enovates has a second life: a restart as Enovates Group, backed by Booking.com founder Kees Koolen.
Most EV chargers talk to one backend at a time, so every platform switch means reconfiguring hardware.
Peblar has launched the Dual, a dual-socket AC charger that shares one grid connection between two Type 2 sockets, with a built-in card terminal and OCPP.
Peblar is revealing the Dual, a dual-socket AC charger for semi-public and commercial sites, on 23 June 2026 at Power2Drive in Munich.
AFIR sets EU rules for ad-hoc payment, price transparency and open data at publicly accessible charging points.
Landis+Gyr left EV charging in EMEA, the Etrel business changed hands and Ocean was carved out as a separate company. The chargers on the wall are usually fine.
Enovates has become a continuity risk after Connect Group pulled the plug. The chargers on the wall are often fine. The platform around them is the weak point.
Lekkerladen is now available as an ERE integration in Plugchoice.
Peblar installers can now select Plugchoice as an operator directly in the Peblar web interface.
The evcc app now supports Plugchoice as a way to connect OCPP chargers.
Easee now supports selecting Plugchoice as operator.
Laadloon is now available as an ERE integration in Plugchoice.
Joulo is now available as an ERE integration in Plugchoice.
Not every OCPP charger behaves the same in practice.
A practical Europe-only guide to when a MID meter matters for reimbursement, billing, Dutch ERE and why not every charger kWh reading is strong enough for settlement.
A plain-language explanation of ERE certificates for EV charging: what an ERE is, how the official calculation works, why private users cannot register it themselves, and where Plugchoice fits in.
People often compare REST API, MQTT, dashboards and OCPP as if they all do the same job. They do not. Here is how to think about them as layers and pick the right one.
OCPI and OCPP get mixed up all the time. This article explains the difference in plain English, shows where each protocol fits, and clarifies when OCPI actually matters.
ISO 15118 gets mentioned everywhere in EV charging. Here's what each part actually does, and why Plug & Charge, V2G-ready and real V2G are not the same thing.
Smart charging through the car sounds clever until OEM limits, rate limits and platform changes get in the way.
OCPP became the open standard behind modern EV charging because it keeps chargers, software, billing, and future upgrades flexible.
Remote visibility, configuration and control are what keep an EV charger operationally useful after installation.
A plain-English guide to how EV charging billing works in Europe, from charge cards and roaming to CPOs, backoffices, OCPP, OCPI and Plugchoice.
A practical explanation of OCPP smart charging profiles, why TxProfile is transaction-scoped, and how Plugchoice uses it for dynamic charging control.
OCPP stands for Open Charge Point Protocol. It's the language of EV chargers.
An OCPP Backoffice, also referred to as OCPP Backend, Platform, or CSMS, is a database in which you can see your chargers and check how they're doing.
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