Testing at the Elaad Testlab by Thijs van Wijk (ElaadNL)

Thijs van Wijk from ElaadNL presents during the symposium 'Testing the future of EV charging'

The Elaad Testlabs’ goal is to speed up the transition to electric vehicles, while making sure the charging stations and vehicles are well integrated with the electricity grid. We perform free, advisory tests to help the manufacturers with these new technologies, helping them to implement smart and bidirectional charging functionalities in the right way, do not disturb the voltage of the electricity grid and are immune to voltage deviations. Because of these reasons we always want to be at the front of E-mobility developments, like bidirectional or V2X charging and Megawatt charging systems, and we want to be able to test these systems in an emulated, but near real world test setup. To be able to do this you need the right equipment, test process and knowledge. Thijs will present the changing test process at the Elaad Testlab, the upcoming test and research projects in 2024 and will introduce the new testing and measuring capabilities of the lab.

Thijs is the technical lead of the Elaad Testlab, has been working in different roles at ElaadNL since 2012 and has a background in electrical engineer and innovation sciences.