Irasus launches Ion, an IoT-SCADA-based analytics platform for managing Electric Vehicle (EV) charging points

Irasus Technologies has launched an EV charging point management system for the Indian market. A charging point, also known as Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE), is an element that supplies electrical energy for recharging the batteries of EVs. The proliferation of EVs depends on the availability and scalability of battery charging and swapping infrastructure. The launch of Ion coincides with the CII Future Mobility Show 2019, held in Bengaluru.

The properties of Public Charging Infrastructure (PCI), as notified by the Ministry of Power of the Government of India, must include a tie-up with at least one online Network Service Provider (NSP) to enable online reservation of charging points by EV owners, and to share real-time information about the EVSE. Sharing of data generated by the EVSE with the local electricity distribution company and subsequently, the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), had also been specified as a necessary feature.

Ion equips operators of networks of charging points, charging service providers and EVSE manufacturers with the tools for configuring, provisioning, monitoring, controlling and reserving EVSEs and networks of EVSEs. Features for diagnosing faults, viewing maps, tables, graphs and reports, and metering are also present. Ion is hosted on the cloud and is offered under a managed software-as-a-service (SaaS) model with flexible pay-per-tier and white label options.

Irasus has adopted an open-standards-based approach by implementing a hardware-agnostic communication specification known as the Open Charge Point Protocol (OCPP), which has become a de facto industry standard between the charge point hardware and the back office software. The current release of Ion supports OCPP 1.2, 1.5 and 1.6. Support for the more secure OCPP 2.0 would be released when manufacturers of EVSEs upgrade from OCPP 1.x. Bharat EV standards have also adopted OCPP 1.x until later versions are available.

Irasus is an IoT-analytics company with special interests in clean technology - solar PV electricity generation and electric mobility. Irasus' products fit into the ecosystem comprising generation, acquisition, transmission, storage and analytics of data within different domains. Offerings of Irasus' electromobility program encompass the complete spectrum of information technology for EVs. Irasus continually develops IT systems for various clean technology use-cases and it reflects the company's vision to drive the transformation into a future of low-carbon energy.

Anirudh Ramesh
Co-founder
Irasus Technologies
M-13, DLF City Phase 2, Gurgaon, Haryana 122 002
anirudh@irasus.com
https://irasus.com/

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