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September 7th Radar

*Your weekly European EV charging and energy industry briefing, produced by FLEX-E-CHARGE.* --- Europe's EV charging sector had a dense week — and Berlin was at the centre of it. ICNC26 wrapped at Tempelhof with Spirii, Plugsurfing, and Circle K among the headline announcements. chargecloud and Hubject brought Plug and Charge to AC charging points at scale via ISO 15118-2. ChargePoint appointed John Saffrett as EVP Europe alongside Q2 FY2027 results: $116M revenue, 18% from Europe. Virta opened grid flexibility revenue to CPOs in France and the UK. We parse the V2G mandate landscape — what Afir has already enacted versus what is still in development. ACEA: EU at 1.2M charge points against a 3.5M 2030 target. Chargalytics: 24 funding rounds, €2.56B raised — but three companies took 73%, and Zenobé's €1.38B was grid-storage debt, not CPO equity. (00:00) Introduction (01:34) ICNC26 Berlin: Interoperability at Scale (03:30) Plug and Charge Goes AC: chargecloud and Hubject (07:15) ChargePoint European Appointment and Q2 Financials (10:00) Virta Grid Flexibility: France and UK Launch (12:35) The V2G Mandate: Confirmed Law vs What Is Still in Development (15:38) OCA Dublin Plugfest: OCPP 2.1 Certification Under Pressure (17:52) ACEA: Europe Still Needs to Triple Its Charging Estate (20:10) Chargalytics: Zenobé, Funding Concentration, and the Real CPO Capital Picture (21:45) Close *AI-generated narration. Produced by FLEXECHARGE.* --- **Sources** ICNC26 — https://www.intercharge-network-conference.com Spirii / Lumina partnership — https://www.spirii.com Plugsurfing / Circle K Roam OCPI — https://www.plugsurfing.com chargecloud / Hubject Plug and Charge AC — https://www.chargecloud.de Hubject ISO 15118 PKI — https://www.hubject.com ChargePoint Q2 FY2027 earnings — https://ir.chargepoint.com ChargePoint / Saffrett appointment — https://www.chargepoint.com/about/news Virta grid flexibility France and UK — https://www.virta.global Afir delegated act (ISO 15118-20 mandate) — https://eur-lex.europa.eu VW / Elli V2G Germany — https://www.elli.eco OCA OCPP Plugfest Dublin — https://openchargealliance.org ACEA charge point gap report — https://www.acea.auto ENTSO-E 2026 summer outlook — https://www.entsoe.eu Chargalytics M&A scorecard August 2026 — https://www.chargalytics.com

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*Your weekly European EV charging and energy industry briefing, produced by FLEX-E-CHARGE.*

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Europe's EV charging sector had a dense week — and Berlin was at the centre of it. ICNC26 wrapped at Tempelhof with Spirii, Plugsurfing, and Circle K among the headline announcements. chargecloud and Hubject brought Plug and Charge to AC charging points at scale via ISO 15118-2. ChargePoint appointed John Saffrett as EVP Europe alongside Q2 FY2027 results: $116M revenue, 18% from Europe. Virta opened grid flexibility revenue to CPOs in France and the UK. We parse the V2G mandate landscape — what Afir has already enacted versus what is still in development. ACEA: EU at 1.2M charge points against a 3.5M 2030 target. Chargalytics: 24 funding rounds, €2.56B raised — but three companies took 73%, and Zenobé's €1.38B was grid-storage debt, not CPO equity.

(00:00) Introduction
(01:34) ICNC26 Berlin: Interoperability at Scale
(03:30) Plug and Charge Goes AC: chargecloud and Hubject
(07:15) ChargePoint European Appointment and Q2 Financials
(10:00) Virta Grid Flexibility: France and UK Launch
(12:35) The V2G Mandate: Confirmed Law vs What Is Still in Development
(15:38) OCA Dublin Plugfest: OCPP 2.1 Certification Under Pressure
(17:52) ACEA: Europe Still Needs to Triple Its Charging Estate
(20:10) Chargalytics: Zenobé, Funding Concentration, and the Real CPO Capital Picture
(21:45) Close

*AI-generated narration. Produced by FLEXECHARGE.*

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**Sources**

ICNC26 — https://www.intercharge-network-conference.com
Spirii / Lumina partnership — https://www.spirii.com
Plugsurfing / Circle K Roam OCPI — https://www.plugsurfing.com
chargecloud / Hubject Plug and Charge AC — https://www.chargecloud.de
Hubject ISO 15118 PKI — https://www.hubject.com
ChargePoint Q2 FY2027 earnings — https://ir.chargepoint.com
ChargePoint / Saffrett appointment — https://www.chargepoint.com/about/news
Virta grid flexibility France and UK — https://www.virta.global
Afir delegated act (ISO 15118-20 mandate) — https://eur-lex.europa.eu
VW / Elli V2G Germany — https://www.elli.eco
OCA OCPP Plugfest Dublin — https://openchargealliance.org
ACEA charge point gap report — https://www.acea.auto
ENTSO-E 2026 summer outlook — https://www.entsoe.eu
Chargalytics M&A scorecard August 2026 — https://www.chargalytics.com

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