Acronym Survival Guide

E-mobility has its fair share of jargon, and it’s easy to lose track of what’s what. This is your Acronym Survival Guide for all the abbreviations you’ll see across my articles.

And trust me, even the engineers who invented half these acronyms occasionally have to look them up.

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• AC: Alternating Current

• AFIR: Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation

• CCP: Contract Certificate Pool

• CCS: Combined Charging System

• CP: Control Pilot

• CPMS: Charge Point Management System (synonym for CSMS)

• CPO: Charge Point Operator

• CPS: Certificate Provisioning Service

• CSMS: Charging Station Management System (synonym for CPMS)

• DC: Direct Current

• DER: Distributed Energy Resource

• DSO: Distribution System Operator

• HSM: Hardware Security Module

• ISO: International Organization for Standardization

• MO: Mobility Operator (synonym for MSP)

• MSP: Mobility Service Provider

• NEVI: National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program

• OCHP: Open Clearing House Protocol

• OCPI: Open Charge Point Interface

• OCPP: Open Charge Point Protocol

• OCSP: Online Certificate Status Protocol

• OICP: Open InterCharge Protocol

• PCP: Provisioning Certificate Pool

• PKI: Public Key Infrastructure

• PLC: Power Line Communication

• PSP: Payment Service Provider

• PWM: Pulse Width Modulation

• RCP: Root Certificate Pool

• SAE: Society of Automotive Engineers

• TCP: Transmission Control Protocol

• TLS: Transport Layer Security

• V2G: Vehicle-to-Grid

• V2H: Vehicle-to-Home

• VPP: Virtual Power Plant