The Vehicle Interoperability Testing Symposium (VOLTS) and Conference took place on May 8-12, 2023, in Long Beach, California. The objective of VOLTS was to convene key electric vehicle (EV) stakeholders to conduct collaborative, low-risk interoperability tests, develop and finalize products, conduct implementation testing and test tool development for charging standards and protocols, and discuss means to overcome common technology barriers facing the industry. These stakeholders included but were not limited to electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) manufacturers, automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and EV software and network providers. By gathering all these stakeholders together, VOLTS supported rapid protocol testing and validation of many combinations of products and provided an invaluable resource for product development and standards implementation.
More than 350 attendees joined the VOLTS Conference, which featured 34 top experts on a wide range of interoperability and reliability topics focused on International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 15118. On Wednesday, the testing symposium was open to the registered public and on Thursday the testing symposium was only for registered equipment testers. Over the two days, the Testing Symposium hosted over 400 attendees from 38 different e-Mobility companies, which supplied four school buses, four trucks, 13 electric cars, 21 charging stations, and seven test systems for testing, making it the largest CharIN testing event ever organized globally.
