Open EV Charging Summit

A robust and interoperable charging network is key to increasing electric vehicle (EV) adoption, and by extension, to achieving the transportation decarbonization goals of the United States. To ensure reliability and interoperability in software, the U.S. Government has, in the Code of Federal Regulations, section 680, established minimum standards for the charging software stack. The Joint Office of Energy and Transportation (JOET), through the Applied Interoperability (AI) project, is partnering with stakeholders to create an open-source reference implementation that meets these federal minimum requirements. The reference implementation can provide a focal point to work together to implement complex standards consistently. It can also provide a mechanism to disseminate innovative power management monitoring and control techniques into production and increase vehicle to grid integration. This session will outline JOET and AI goals, highlight how they can be achieved using an open-source reference implementation, and issue a call to action to join the broader community around open source software for EV charging.