The new generation of electric vehicles (EVs) has come to Denmark and the rest of Europe. In the coming years the sales of EVs are expected to increase and seeing an EV in the traffic will become an everyday experience. With this development comes a need to ensure that the EVs effortlessly can be charged on all charging posts regardless of car brand, EV service operator, DSO or power producer. This wide compatibility between technical components and operators is called interoperability.
To overcome the challenges with interoperability the Nordic EV Interoperability Center NEVIC was established in 2012. Initial experiences, tests and concepts were developed together with the prominent EV operators on the Danish market: Better Place, Clever and CleanCharge (RWE). Today NEVIC performs interoperability tests according to the relevant standards and pre-standards.
The NEVIC test center is located on the DTU Electrical Engineering Department at Risø Campus. As basis for NEVIC the existing PowerLabDK infrastructure is used. A 630kVA supply transformer has been established as well as laboratory facilities with the required capacity to supply several charging posts and fast charging equipment. In connection with various research projects relevant knowledge of communication and system integration has been obtained and is used in the NEVIC project.