New lingo in EV Charging….Blockchain

Who is behind blockchain and EVs? Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative + Electric Vehicle Grid Integration Working Group 

How will blockchain work with EV charging? SECURITY. to protect private user data in electric vehicle charging systems.

Which facets of EV charging will have access to blockchain initiatives?

• Vehicle to Grid Integration (V2G)
  • how electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids communicate with the charging grid when they are plugged in and how they send data back to the operator of that specific charging grid
• Tokenized Carbon Credits (TCC)
  • help facilitate and secure the trading of Tokenized Carbon Credits (TCC) between companies and corporations
• Peer to Peer (P2P) applications
  • how charging networks partition workloads between different users

Why does this matter? Because data privacy matters it the new economy

What type of data issues are involved among which stakeholders in EV charging? “data transparency, trust, coordination, and automation among mobility service providers, consumers, utilities, and government stakeholders.”

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