Chargers

Axle works with the world’s most successful EV charger brands to build flexibility into their charging services.

Chargers typically offer a lower-latency, higher-stability connection than vehicles, allowing them to participate in more stringent flexibilty markets such as Frequency Response.

Axle also brings extensive experience in hardware and protocol qualification for chargers. We were the first to participate in the UK’s Capacity Market directly with EV chargers, and can advise and co-ordinate testing for protocols such as CoP11.

CoP11 qualification

Asset Metering can unlock more value in the wholesale market. In the future, asset metering will likely also allow increased participation in the wholesale market, boosting eligibility from 25% to 100%.

Code of Practice 11 (CoP11) is the qualification necessary to use Asset Metering in the wholesale market.

CoP11 requires the testing of 2 sample devices. This test qualifies all devices with an equivalent hardware. The qualification process consists of 2 parts: (1) Compliance Testing; (2) Protocol Testing. Qualification for CoP 1, 2, 3, 5 or 10 exempts the need for Compliance Testing.

Compliance Testing

Compliance Testing verifies the meter hardware’s accuracy (+/-2%) and functionality. This process is expected to take 3-4 months, mostly driven by third-party testing turnaround times. Testing is only required for two sample devices - factory testing of all units is not required.

Protocol Testing

Protocol Testing ensures that the meter can be accessed by an Asset Metering Half-Hourly Data Collector, such as Axle. The process should take ~2 weeks to complete.

Axle can help arrange compliance testing, and run protocol testing. Get in touch to discuss how we can get your assets CoP11 certified.

Integrating with Axle

You can either integrate into the Axle API, or we’ll integrate into an existing cloud API.

Via our API

Telemetry

We need:

• Charge Power kW
• Plugged in bool

Pushed to our Asset Readings endpoint.

Dispatch

You can register for either Delegated Control or Event-based dispatch as described here

Next steps

Smart Charging

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API Reference

Powerful APIs for advanced integrations