EV range anxiety is a major hurdle to greater EV adoption, and EV roaming plays a critical role in overcoming it.
The concept of EV roaming, or eRoaming, is simple; it delivers the true “charge anywhere” experience. EV owners can charge on the road, across regions and borders on any eMobility service provider’s EV charging network. Similar to the use of a mobile phone service that you can connect to when you cannot connect to the one that you normally use, for example if you are in another country.
Although appearing seamless to consumers, delivering electric vehicle roaming services is profoundly complex, requiring negotiated service and clearing agreements among eMobility providers and charge point operators, comprehensive communications standards, various protocols, and support of multiple languages, currencies, tax rates, and regulations.