We are pleased to inform you that CHAdeMO protocol is now officially recognised as an EN direct current charging standard by CENELEC*, the European regional standards organisation officially recognised by the European Commission.

On December xx, 2014, the outstanding standard on DC fast charging connectors ( EN 62196-3) was published on the CENELEC website. This completes the set of technical standards that define DC fast charging, together with previously approved DC fast charging system standards: one that defines the requirements for DC chargers and for the control communication between a DC fast charger and an EV (EN 61851-23), as well as the other providing definitions of charger-EV digital communication (EN 62851-24). The recognitions of these 3 standards make CHAdeMO an EU technical DC charging standard along with Combo2, whose connectors were also included in EN 62196-3.

This shall endorse and reinforce the current market trend of equipping fast chargers with both CHAdeMO and Combo2 connectors, the two EN fast charging standards designated by CENELEC.

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Thank you for your continued support for CHAdeMO.