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充电行业的收购、法规与网络动态速览
Chargecloud buys elvah's charging-market data platform out of insolvency
Cologne-based CSMS vendor chargecloud has bought elvah's Hub market-data platform and Charging Market Report out of insolvency, its first acquisition since 2016. Elvah, an E.ON-owned charging-data specialist, filed for insolvency in March 2026 for the second time in its history.
Zaptec and Polestar renew and expand their home-charging partnership
Zaptec and Polestar have extended their home-charging partnership for another two years, expanding into the Baltics and outside Europe, with future bidirectional (V2G) charging on the roadmap. OEM-plus-charger bundling keeps growing on home-AC turf.
Plugit buys Helen's charging network, becomes Helsinki's largest charging operator
Plugit has acquired Helen's EV charging business, 199 public stations and 798 charging points serving more than 55,000 users, becoming the largest public charging operator in the Helsinki metropolitan area. Helen exits charging to focus on energy.
EU sets an indicative 46 percent electrification target for 2040
The European Commission wants electricity to cover 46 percent of the EU's final energy demand by 2040, up from about 23 percent today, backed by an EU ETS overhaul. More electrified demand means more of it needs to be steered, not just supplied.
So Energy picks the Zaptec Go 2 as its preferred home charger, bundled with a 7.5p/kWh night tariff
UK supplier So Energy named the Zaptec Go 2 its preferred home charger, paired with a 7.5p/kWh overnight EV tariff. Energy-supplier and charger-brand bundling on home-AC turf is the pattern to watch.
Monta raises about EUR 30M to push into North America and grid services
Danish EV-charging platform Monta added roughly EUR 30M in financing for North American expansion and grid-balancing work. Our most direct CSMS competitor is funding exactly the grid and energy area.
Wallbox Discounter widens from chargers into solar panels and home batteries
The Dutch multi-country charger webshop Wallbox Discounter now also sells solar panels and home batteries alongside its AC charger range. A retailer broadening across the home-energy stack.
Allego migrates its 35,000-point European network to the AMPECO platform
Allego is moving its 35,000+ point, 16-country public charging network onto AMPECO's charge point management platform after a formal tender, without touching a single charger.
CUBOS buys TotalEnergies' German commercial charging business, about 6,000 points
CUBOS has bought TotalEnergies' German commercial EV charging business, roughly 6,000 charge points, taking it past 15,000 points and into the top three German operators. It is the third such acquisition in six months.
InstaVolt sells its Spanish and Portuguese charging business to Powerdot
InstaVolt has sold its Iberian (Spain and Portugal) charging business to Powerdot, refocusing on the UK and Ireland. Another sign of public charging operators consolidating around home markets.
EU Parliament committee backs faster permits for EV charging stations
The European Parliament's industry committee backed faster permitting for EV charging stations as part of the Grids Package: no permit for stations up to 1 MW on existing structures, and a three-month cap on approvals. It is a committee-stage position, not law yet.
Monta adds Plugsurfing's network, pushing European roaming past 1 million points
Monta has connected Plugsurfing's roaming network over OCPI, taking its European roaming coverage past 1 million charge points across 26 countries. Operators get the extra network without a separate contract.
Driivz to run Iberdrola and bp pulse's 2,500-charger network in Spain and Portugal
Iberdrola bp pulse has picked Driivz to run its roughly 2,500 fast and ultra-fast public chargers across Spain and Portugal, with V2G and dynamic energy management on the roadmap.
Smart charging explained: load balancing, peak shaving and solar surplus
Every vendor sells smart charging, but the word covers three different mechanisms that solve three different problems. Here is what load balancing, solar surplus charging and price-based charging each actually do, and how they run on any OCPP charger without extra hardware.
Software | Energy | How-to
What is a charge point operator, and what does the job actually involve
Becoming a charge point operator sounds like a hardware decision: buy chargers, install them, done. In practice the job is mostly software, ongoing operations and, since last year, a growing list of EU rules. Here is what running a charging network actually involves.
Software | Regulation | Market | Europe
CSMS vs CPO: the difference explained
A CSMS and a CPO are not two names for the same thing. One is software, the other is a business. Mixing them up is easy, and it hides the one decision that actually matters: whether your CPO owns its CSMS or rents someone else's.
Software | How-to
"We are not planning to carry the burdens of the old Enovates"
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. Under Belgian insolvency law the new company owes former customers nothing. The warranty burden now falls on the resellers and installers behind more than 300,000 chargers.
Enovates | Hardware | Market | Belgium | Netherlands
Charging your company car at home: how the reimbursement actually works
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. Here is how that works in practice, and where the meter comes in.
Billing & payments | How-to | Netherlands
How to change your charger's OCPP backend URL
Moving a charger to a new backend comes down to one setting: the CSMS WebSocket URL. Here is where that setting lives on most chargers, the steps to change it safely, the mistakes that leave a charger offline, and how a proxy turns this into a one-time job.
How-to | Protocols | Software
Enovates restarts as Enovates Group, backed by Koolen Industries
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. Here is what the revival changes for the chargers already in the field, what it does not guarantee, and how OCPP keeps them yours either way.
Enovates | Hardware | Market | Belgium
What is an OCPP proxy, and why would you put one between your charger and your backend
Most EV chargers can only talk to one backend at a time, so every platform switch means reconfiguring hardware. An OCPP proxy removes that constraint: it routes OCPP traffic to one or more platforms while the charger's configuration never changes. Here is what a proxy does, what you can route, and when it makes sense.
Protocols | Software
Peblar launches the Dual: a dual-socket charger for grid-constrained sites
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. Here is what it is, who it is for, and how it connects to Plugchoice.
Peblar | Hardware | Netherlands
Peblar Dual：关于这款双插座充电桩我们已知什么，以及如何管理它
Peblar 将于 2026 年 6 月 23 日在慕尼黑 Power2Drive 发布 Dual，一款面向半公共和商业场所的双插座交流充电桩。本文梳理哪些已真正确认、哪些仍未知，以及 Dual 如何作为后台接入 Plugchoice 实现负载均衡与智能充电。
Peblar | Hardware | Netherlands
公共充电的 AFIR：数据与支付规则，以及如何在不替换后端的情况下补齐这些能力
AFIR 为公共可访问充电点的即时支付、价格透明和开放数据设定了欧盟规则。本文说明它究竟要求什么、适用于谁，以及如何通过 Plugchoice OCPP Proxy 在现有后端上补齐缺失的部分，而不必把它整个拆掉。
Regulation | Billing & payments | Europe
Landis+Gyr 退出了 EV 充电。你的充电桩云端应该有一份退出计划。
Landis+Gyr 退出了 EMEA 的 EV 充电业务，Etrel 业务易主，Ocean 被剥离为独立公司。墙上的充电桩通常还能用，真正会移动的是它背后的云端。本文说明为什么安装商、CPO 和经销商应当围绕抗迁移的 OCPP 架构来构建，以及免费的 Plugchoice OCPP Proxy 如何在平台变更时让充电桩保持可管理。
Landis+Gyr | Ocean | Etrel | Software | Market | Europe
Enovates 倒下了。你的充电桩不必跟着倒下。
在 Connect Group 拔掉插头后，Enovates 成了一个连续性风险。墙上的充电桩往往还能用，真正的薄弱环节是它背后的平台。本文说明安装商、CPO 和运营商现在应该检查什么，以及 OCPP 如何通过 Plugchoice 让 Enovates 充电桩保持可管理。
Enovates | Hardware | Market | Belgium
Lekkerladen 现已作为 ERE 集成在 Plugchoice 中上线
Lekkerladen 现已作为 ERE 集成在 Plugchoice 中提供。充电桩车主可从 Plugchoice 应用或网页门户连接，而 Lekkerladen 以 Plugchoice 作为其 ERE 登记的数据与曝光平台。
Lekker Laden | Energy | Software | Netherlands
Peblar 在其网页界面中新增 Plugchoice 作为运营方
安装商现在可以直接在 Peblar 网页界面中选择 Plugchoice 作为运营方。该选项自今日起在固件 1.9.0 + C1.15 中提供,适用于所有 Peblar 充电桩,并已全面测试和支持,包含智能充电。
Peblar | Hardware | Software | Netherlands
evcc 应用现已支持通过 Plugchoice 连接 OCPP 充电桩
evcc 应用现已支持将 Plugchoice 作为连接 OCPP 充电桩的方式。evcc 用户保留其太阳能与智能充电,而充电桩仍连接到 Plugchoice 并通过它进行管理。
evcc | Software | Germany
Easee 充电桩现在轻点几下即可连接到 Plugchoice
Easee 现已支持将 Plugchoice 选为运营方。安装商、CPO 和经销商可在 Easee 应用中,将 Easee 充电桩直接上线到 Plugchoice 平台,无需技术绕行。
Easee | Hardware | Software | Norway
Laadloon 现已作为 ERE 集成在 Plugchoice 中上线
Laadloon 现已作为 ERE 集成在 Plugchoice 中提供。充电桩所有者可从 Plugchoice 应用或网页门户连接,而 Laadloon 将 Plugchoice 用作 ERE 登记的数据与曝光平台。
Laadloon | Energy | Software | Netherlands
Joulo 现已作为 ERE 集成在 Plugchoice 中上线
Joulo 现已作为 ERE 集成在 Plugchoice 中提供。充电桩所有者可从 Plugchoice 应用或网页门户连接,而 Joulo 将 Plugchoice 用作 ERE 登记的数据与曝光平台。
Joulo | Energy | Software | Netherlands
选择具有软件兼容性的电动汽车充电桩：安装商在购买前应检查什么
并非每个 OCPP 充电桩在实际使用中表现一致。以下是安装商在购买电动汽车充电桩前应实际验证的内容，涵盖远程配置深度、电表访问、固件支持、相位切换和负载均衡接口等方面。
Hardware | How-to
电动汽车充电的 MID 电表：什么时候需要，什么时候不需要？
一份仅针对欧洲的实用指南，介绍 MID 电表何时对报销、计费、荷兰 ERE 至关重要，以及为什么并非每个充电桩的 kWh 读数都足以用于结算。
Hardware | Regulation | Europe
为什么通过车辆 API 的智能充电会出问题，以及为什么 OCPP 胜出
通过车辆的智能充电听起来聪明，直到 OEM 限制、速率限制和平台变更成为障碍。以下是为什么通过 OCPP 控制充电桩通常是更干净、更可靠的设置。
Software | Protocols | Energy
ISO 15118-1、-2、-3 和 -20 详解：每个部分的作用，以及为什么即插即充、V2G-ready 和真正的 V2G 不是一回事
ISO 15118 在电动汽车充电中随处可见。以下是每个部分的实际作用，以及为什么即插即充、V2G-ready 和真正的 V2G 不是一回事。
Protocols | Energy
什么是 OCPI，它与 OCPP 有什么不同？
OCPI 和 OCPP 经常被混淆。本文用通俗的语言解释两者的区别，展示每个协议的适用场景，并阐明 OCPI 真正重要的时机。
Protocols
REST API、MQTT 还是仪表盘：你应该如何控制电动汽车充电桩？
人们经常将 REST API、MQTT、仪表盘和 OCPP 相提并论，好像它们都做同样的工作。事实并非如此。以下是如何将它们理解为不同层次并选择正确方案。
Software | How-to
没有人想再跑回现场：为什么远程电动汽车充电桩的可见性、配置和控制很重要
远程可见性、配置和控制是使电动汽车充电桩在安装后保持运营实用性的关键。以下是安装商、业主和支持团队如此关注不必驱车回到现场的原因。
Software
OCPP 如何成为电动汽车充电的主导标准
OCPP 成为现代电动汽车充电背后的开放标准，因为它让充电桩、软件、计费和未来升级保持灵活。以下是它的起源、传播原因，以及美国规则角度的真实含义。
Protocols
电动汽车充电计费详解：漫游、充电卡、CPO 和后台系统
一份通俗易懂的指南，介绍欧洲电动汽车充电计费的工作方式，涵盖充电卡和漫游到 CPO、后台系统、OCPP、OCPI 以及 Plugchoice。
Billing & payments | Software
OCPP 智能充电配置文件的工作原理以及为什么 Plugchoice 使用 TxProfile
关于 OCPP 智能充电配置文件的实用解释，为什么 TxProfile 是事务作用域的，以及 Plugchoice 如何使用它进行动态充电控制。
Protocols | Energy
ERE 证书详解：它们是什么、计算如何运作，以及为什么你不能自行注册
关于电动汽车充电 ERE 证书的通俗解释：什么是 ERE、官方计算如何运作、为什么私人用户不能自行注册，以及 Plugchoice 在其中的角色。
Energy | Regulation | Netherlands
什么是 OCPP？
OCPP 代表 Open Charge Point Protocol（开放充电点协议）。它是电动汽车充电桩的语言。你的电动汽车充电桩很有可能支持 OCPP，这意味着你可以将其连接到许多不同的系统来实现支付、能源管理等功能。
Protocols
什么是 OCPP 后台？
OCPP 后台，也称为 OCPP 后端、平台或 CSMS，是一个数据库，你可以在其中查看你的充电桩并了解它们的运行状态。
Software | Protocols