Power2Drive 2024: Chargepoint brings charging to the point
For Andreas Blin, the hardware is rather secondary, as his company is focused on making charging as easy as possible and, ideally, turning other companies into charging infrastructure entrepreneurs. In 2021, they took over has.to.be and with it the backend named be.Energised, which according to Blin, has worked very well. Since then, it has been "continuously maintained and further developed." By now, be.Energised can manage over 900 charging station models from more than 100 manufacturers. For Blin, easy access is important – his main criticism of provider-specific charging cards is:
"Who would shop at only one specific retailer just because they only possess that retailer's card? – exactly!"
Therefore, they added ChargePoint Services for CPOs and eMSPs to the be.Energised platform, including VAT handling, automated invoicing, and streamlining financial operations for multinational charging providers. The software is an end-to-end solution that can cover every step of the charging process and aims to provide the necessary flexibility and modularity for everyone.
AFIR has now introduced new extensions: among others, a new AFIR-compliant payment terminal that supports the new "OCPI v2.2.1 Direct Payment Module" standards. In addition, eMobility Service Providers (eMSPs) will be able to grant their customers access to over 750,000 charging stations in Europe through the roaming network.
And naturally, Blin always has the charging station operators (CPOs) in mind, who he believes could be much more numerous if the company charging points not used in the evenings and at night were opened up to the public. They can make their charging stations accessible to the public with a few clicks through roaming agreements with the be.Energised Community.
What does that mean?
ChargePoint sees great potential, especially in semi-public charging points, to densify the charging network and offer additional sources of income to providers there. Blin's credo: "It has to be easy!" Nothing more needs to be added to that.
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