EV Charging: Why Management Matters

Organisation profile

ePower supply easy-to-use, reliable electric vehicle charging solutions across the island of Ireland. Our goal is to ensure that no electric vehicle driver is left without power, allowing you to hit the road fully charged. We provide Charge Point services to allow owners to monetise their chargers and an easy-to-use platform for drivers to charge their electric cars.

Training aim

The course will build on the engineers existing knowledge of EV Charging hardware by adding the management layer.

Learning objectives

Following the course the engineers should be comfortable with what a Charge Point Operator or CPO does and the reason why a CPO becomes necessary. The engineer will be adept at specifying a software back end for the charging network, knowing what modules of the software are needed and knowing which ones the client will need. The course gives a solid overview of the CPO's services and how they interact with electrical engineer, Charger owner and end user.

Course outline

Evolution of EV Charging

Pain Points for EV Installations

Hardware v Software

Support Systems and SLA's

Payment processing

The emergence of the CPO

Addressing the Pain points

Management systems for EV Charging

Fleet Services

EV Charging Payment Processing

CPO's and the SEAI

Trainer's profile

Michael O'Neill has worked in the Electric Vehicle charging arena for the past 6 years, previously heading up the eMobility section of the largest electrical wholesaler in Ireland. With extensive knowledge across the hardware and software aspects of EV Charging infrastructure Michael has worked on many projects from government to local community and large and small commercial.

Michael has an Honours Bachelor Degree in Business from UCD.

A Certificate in Software Engineering - Griffith College.

and holds EDA City and Guilds Certificates in the "Introduction to the Principles of Electricity" and "Renewables".