Berlin. Hubject GmbH, is a joint venture formed by the BMW Group,
Bosch, Daimler, EnBW, RWE and Siemens, presents to industry experts
the first commercial portfolio of solutions aimed at connecting public
charging infrastructures in Europe. Operating a business and data
platform the company offers providers of emobility services the
opportunity to expand their product offering to include eRoaming. This
service will allow drivers of electric vehicles to access all public
chargepoints of the emerging European network under a single
provider's contract.
In order for emobility to become an everyday service vehicle users
need uncomplicated access to a public charging infrastructure. Outside
of research projects Hubject is the first commercial provider to offer
market players the possibility to communicate in a simple way and to
promote eRoaming Europe-wide. Andreas Pfeiffer, Managing Director of
Hubject GmbH, places emphasis on the added value this will create for
end users: “By reducing barriers we are promoting customer acceptance
of emobility. In the future emobility customers will be able to use
the charging infrastructure of all Hubject partners across Europe
under a single provider’s contract. Our technology helps to make
charging an electric car as simple as withdrawing money at cashpoints.”
Providing services that are tailor-made to satisfy the different
needs of the players active in the emerging market, Hubject delivers
solutions for emobility providers (e.g. carsharing organisations or
car electricity suppliers), operators of charging infrastructure and
providers of geographical data.
End users can identify infrastructure that allows for uncomplicated
charging through the compatibility label on each charging station of
the network. The label contains a standardised QR code, which allows
the user to initiate and terminate each charging transaction via the
scanning functionality of a smartphone app. Other means of access such
as RFID cards, smart chargingcables or Plug & Charge via power
line communication may also be used if offered by the operator of the
charging station.
About Hubject GmbH
Hubject GmbH is a joint venture formed by the BMW Group, Bosch,
Daimler, EnBW, RWE and Siemens based in Berlin. The company is
developing a cross-industry business and data platform connecting
infrastructure, service and mobility providers, thereby making a
significant contribution towards the cross-provider usability of
charging infrastructures across Europe.
