Official Journal of the European Union: EVs and charging stations must comply with ISO 15118-20 starting January 1, 2027

Official Journal of the European Union: EVs and charging stations must comply with ISO 15118-20 starting January 1, 2027

From January 1, 2027, all newly built/refurbished public and newly built private charging points must comply with EN ISO 15118-20:2022.

Under this regulation, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are required to be aware of the relevant standards applicable to public charging facilities and private charging points. To ensure a rapid transition, companies should refer to these standards when launching new electric vehicles and, where technically feasible, upgrade existing electric vehicles on the market from ISO 15118-2:2016 to ISO 15118-20:2022. Charging station operators should also update their existing equipment to support not only ISO 15118-20:2022, but also ISO 15118-2:2016 and other potential lower-level communication schemes, such as the pulse width modulation (PWM) technology described in EN IEC 61851-1:2019.

The regulation also requires that public charging stations that provide Plug & Charge must support both ISO 15118-2:2016 and ISO 15118-20:2022. (Where such recharging points offer automatic authentication and authorization services, such as plug-and-charge, they shall comply … with both standard EN ISO 15118-2:2016 and standard EN ISO 15118-20:2022.)

The export threshold has been raised.

Complete charging piles without ISO 15118-20 certification will not be able to clear EU customs starting in 2027. Existing charging piles must also be upgraded after renovation.

Dual-track functional requirements.

Plug and charge (PnC) scenarios must comply with both ISO 15118-2 and ISO 15118-20 stacks; neither is indispensable.

The test load has doubled.

In addition to communication consistency, additional tests are required, including TLS, digital certificate management, and V2G security penetration testing.