Global Testivals & Conferences

For CCS to thrive on a global scale, achieving and demonstrating perfect interoperability between all CCS-equipped vehicles and CCS chargers is of paramount importance - It´s all about testing!

Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Communication in the form of the Combined Charging System (CCS) is a core enabling technology for fast charging EVs as well as for future smart grid integration. Its interoperability is key for user acceptance and economies of scale, but at the same time a major technical challenge due to the huge number of different implementations, individual use cases and requirements on a diverse global market.

The CharIN Testival embraces this challenge and brings together companies from the Smart Charging community and their technology experts to conduct conformance & interoperability tests for electric vehicles and charging infrastructures or respective Electronic Control Units (ECUs) and Communication Controllers.

Rather than talking about interoperability, this is a hands-on event digging deep into implementing, supporting and testing interoperability. By participating at this event your company or organization benefits through unprecedented networking with international technology experts in smart charging communication.

The event takes place in different locations. Hosts are companies and institutions in the target area of CharIN. Partners can apply to host one of the next events.

For more information about the respective Testival, click on the region on the map.

Become our next host for CharIN Testival & Conference 2024!

Our CharIN Testivals not only embrace the challenge of interoperability but have grown into a 360° charging e-Mobility event incorporating international Conferences, providing excellent networking opportunities, and featuring world premieres of cutting-edge e-mobility technology.

We are looking forward to your application.

Testivals & Conferences - Highlights

We had great Testival events in the last 2 years, often also accompanied by a conference held the day before the Testivals.
As an example, 2 events with Highlight Movies are listed here.

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CharIN Testival & Conference EUROPE 2023 in Valencia, Spain (October 2023)

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CharIN Testival & Conference NORTH AMERICA 2023 in Cleveland, USA (November 2023

Why should I become a host?

Below you will find some testimonials from hosts who have organized one (or more) CharIN Testival & Conference in recent years. Invite the global e-mobility community to your venue, network with renowned experts in the field and create an unforgettable experience.

Now you are invited to apply as one of the 8 exclusive CharIN hosts to make the CharIN Testival 2024 a unique experience. It's up to you - we look forward to receiving your application!

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ElaadNL - Host in 2019, 2023 and 2024

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Daimler Truck North America - Host in 2022

Contact person

Iohanna Vater

Head of Events & Communication

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