World’s first IOTA charging station by ElaadNL

On Wednesday the 18th of April 2018 ElaadNL released the first charging station in the world where charging and paying can be done with IOTA. The charger is part of the new ElaadNL test site. The test site is located in business park Arnhems Buiten (former KEMA site) and contains all types of charging stations that are used in the public area in the Netherlands. This includes a fast charger, a charging island, a battery, two charging lanterns and the IOTA charger. The IOTA Tangle is an innovative type of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) specifically designed for the Internet of Things (IoT) environment. It is an open-source protocol facilitating novel Machine-to-Machine (M2M) interactions, including secure data transfer, fee-less real-time micropayments.

No back office and no communication protocol is required to operate the charging station: the transactions are exchanged directly without the use of a charge card or subscription.

The IOTA charging station operates completely autonomously and takes care of communication and payment with the end ‘user’. The meter values are stored every 15 minutes in the Tangle, which ensures reliable and irrefutable administration.

This technology might be a perfect fit in the future connected and fully digitalized world. The exploration of this technology in the e-mobility domain could also provide insight for other (connected) sectors like the energy sector.

The charger is equipped with hardware to setup a TCP/IP connection with a car, after which the payments and data exchange can happen fully autonomously and machine 2 machine. It uses the charging cable and special hardware, which is also used for the newly developed communication in e-Mobility ISO 15118, between car and charger to setup this connection.

The IOTA charger will be available to the public for charging. If cars that want to charge are not equipped with the required hard- and software, they can still simply charge their car by sending IOTA tokens directly to the charger using the normal IOTA wallet.

[Puzzd]

This shit has so much potential. Great work guys!

[eugenschollenberger]

IOTA, its great! The Future becomes AMAZING with IOTA!

[a.f.]

that´s amazing! Big step in the right direction.

[kaaijer]

One of the many great use cases for IOTA. Good luck on the project guys :)

[uwe]

Very awesome, I hope this is how things will be charged in the future.

[william_]

This video will be remembered in years to come and also get the recognition it deserves!

Who is watching this video in 2028?

[guilty-pleasures]

Thanks for being pioneers! Keep up the good work!

[LePsycho]

Why the mini car?? Great job guys. IOTA will change the IOT

[josealvarez-vnkt]

IOTA is the future, mass adoption, zero fees, tangle, infinite scalability, instant transactions, security against quantum computers, "Internet of things", unlimited uses, #IOTA

[Flippy]

i think this really awesome
iota with q haves so much potential

[Doppelkeks]

Nice.
I have so much Iota that i could charge my whole life, lol.

[Keekkse]

Great Project! Love to see the first real world prototypes.
Short question: How can you be secure that the charging station is not going to transfer a hugh amount of my iota? Do you have to confirm it with your smartphone?

[hypnotyzer]

How much one such station cost? When would i buy such station? Do you have some selling plans? Selling electricity is regulated in EU. What if i'd like to buy one station, place it in front of house, connect to solar panels and start selling electricity?

[grfulbishop]

Is there an update to this video? Great technology.

[Hampe]

So when you say it's out of fees.. Is it also the same payrate in dollar value when you charge?

[donar]

Very nice. You should also look to the Syscoin platform. There is an app on that platform that is called the Blockmarket. This is an actual working eBay / Amazon. I like to see what my charge is going to cost. Would be cool if I could see upfront where I want to buy what. lightning network, smart contracts, etcetc like IOTA)

[gunthernakomotter]

this is what iota presents while promising a green energy countries with smart cities

[SammyC]

but what about big price fluctuations in IOTA - one could pay the equivalent of 10cents/kwh one week, an $1 the next. How would this ever work with such volatile cryptos??!

[diogovitorino]

Wow! Looking forward to charge my tesla in one of those! 👏🏻👏🏻

[wecharg]

Copy / paste, right Iota? But who did it FIRST?