With fast-charging DC charging stations increasing in number across the European continent, unprecedented strain is going to be put onto the grid. In addition to the technology relating to charging systems, substantial battery storage will be needed to provide a buffer. This will prevent the electricity grid from being overloaded by too much demand at any point in time resulting from the instability of renewable dominated supply. All of this must be managed to make certain that enough energy is available to keep up with the volume of EV charging customers. It will not be done solely at the cloud, there will be a need to have edge located computing implemented too. Weather stations at the charging sites will monitor ambient conditions, so that the output from the installed photovoltaics there can be predicted and energy storage levels ramped up if there is the prospect of a shortfall.

As well as DC charging stations, there will be an increasing number of wall box installations at homes, apartment blocks and offices. These will feature the hardware necessary for them to run off AC mains supplies. Once again, assured user safety will be mandated, so fully effective protection components will need to be integrated.