“The next chapter of e-mobility is about integration. Mobility, energy, and digitalization are converging to create a smarter and more sustainable ecosystem. The CharIN Conference provides a unique platform for industry leaders to exchange ideas, build partnerships, and drive this transformation forward together.”Stephan Volgmann, CSO and Member of the Executive Board at Phoenix Contact Group
The CharIN Testival featured:
- 327 total Testival and Conference attendees
- 27 testing companies
- 14 Charging stations
- 12 electric vehicles (including 4 heavy-duty vehicles)
- 7 AC / DC test systems
“Phoenix Contact, a founding member, has been part of CharIN since the beginning, and it shows. This week's conference reflected the kind of long-term technical commitment our work depends on. Interoperability is not solved in a single meeting or a single product cycle; it is built through members who stay at the table year after year.”Claas Bracklo, Chairman at CharIN
“It's great to be part of Testival again this year. Events like this are where industry comes together to test how these technologies perform, and that matters for where eMobility is headed. Looking forward to the conversations and seeing what other teams are working on.”Onur Likoglu, Project Manager R&D at Hubject
Participating Testing Companies & Partners
- EV: BMW, Daimler Truck, Hyundai, HOLON, LOTUS, Mercedes-Benz, RIVIAN, Stellantis, VOLVO, and VOLVO Trucks.
- EVSE: ABB, Alfen, Alpitronic, BMW, ChargePoint, Dropbeats, KEBA, NexBlue, Peblar, Phoenix Contact, Pionix, SRP Zuid, and Vector.
- Test Systems: comemso, Dropbeats, dSPACE, Applus IDIADA, Keysight, and VECTOR.
- Event Sponsors: Kernvia
- Strategic Testing Partner: Hubject
Public Day: Engineers Talking Real
On September 23, 2026, the CharIN Testival & Conference EUROPE 2026 opened its Public Day, built around a simple premise: content over staging. Where the CharIN Conference addressed strategy, the Public Day handed the floor to the engineers doing the work, with impulse talks, guided tours, and live demonstrations across three parallel tracks, giving technical experts and visitors direct, hands-on exposure to the infrastructure decisions that only get discussed in the abstract elsewhere. It was during this opening that CharIN launched its new V2G logo, a milestone for the Vehicle-to-Grid ecosystem comparable to the Plug & Charge logo introduced at the CharIN Testival EUROPE in 2022: it gives companies that implement V2G functionality a recognizable, self-certifiable mark to signal interoperability to customers and partners, turning a technical capability into something the market can see and trust.
The program followed the same throughline as the CharIN Conference the day before, but from the ground up. Sessions on cybersecurity in EV charging infrastructure and on solving cable theft addressed the resilience side of a network that is growing faster than its defenses; talks on combining hydrogen and e-mobility and on how battery storage extends beyond e-mobility made the case that no single technology carries the energy transition alone; and practical sessions on designing modern DC grids and reducing grid connection bottlenecks confronted the unglamorous infrastructure work that determines how fast any of this can actually be built. A closing pair of talks on power electronics and on intelligent energy management tied those pieces back together, while a session on local implementation kept the focus on what makes electrification commercially and practically viable, not just technically possible.
MCS milestone: IEC 61851-23-3 is officially published
A major milestone for heavy-duty electrification was marked with the publication of IEC 61851-23-3:2026, the international standard defining requirements for the Megawatt Charging System (MCS). The standard specifies DC EV supply equipment for MCS and provides the foundation for safe, interoperable, and globally harmonized megawatt charging infrastructure. With this publication, the core set of standards required for MCS is now in place: IEC TS 63379 for the MCS connector and coupler, ISO 15118-10 for the automotive Ethernet physical and data link layer, ISO 15118-20 for charging communication and energy transfer control, ISO 5474-3 for vehicle requirements for DC power transfer, and IEC 61851-23-3 for requirements for MCS charging equipment. This achievement gives the industry a complete standards foundation for interoperable megawatt charging, supporting the large-scale deployment of electric trucks and other heavy-duty vehicles across global markets. It also strengthens the basis for conformance testing, certification, and future interoperability activities. The publication of IEC 61851-23-3 is the result of years of collaboration across the international charging ecosystem and represents another step towards a seamless and scalable charging experience for commercial transport. CharIN and its member community contributed to this achievement and continue to advance the global adoption of Megawatt Charging Systems.
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