EV charging protocol expert Robert de Leeuw explains what’s new in OCPP 2.1
The EVerest community has wrapped up the development of OCPP 2.0.1 and is now starting the implementation of OCPP 2.1. The release of OCPP 2.1 is expected to be in Q1 2025.
One of the first actions was to get an overview of all the new functionalities included in OCPP 2.1. Robert de Leeuw, Technical EVangelist at PIONIX and LF Energy Ambassador, investigated the current public draft of OCPP 2.1 and compared it to OCPP 2.0.1. His main findings, briefly summarized:
V2X Support
- 15118-20 support
- Bidi Power Transfer (functional block Q)
- DER support (functional block R)
Local Cost Calculation
- Real-time display running charging cost
- Ad-hoc payment
- Pre-paid card support
On top, there are some smaller additions and improvements
- Better EMS Support
- Resuming a session after reboot/reset
- Battery Swapping
- EventStreams
- CALLRESULTERROR
For more details, Robert recorded an insightful video to explain all the differences.
For more information about LF Energy Project EVerest
- Project page: https://everest-project.org/
- Github: https://github.com/EVerest
- Documentation: https://docs.everest-project.org/
- Mailing list: https://lists.lfenergy.org/g/everest
- Developer Chat: https://chat.everest-project.org/
- Reference hardware: https://github.com/PionixPublic/reference-hardware
- Buy development hardware online: https://shop.pionix.com/
