New to EV charging?
Bite-sized, science-backed training that helps you truly understand the technology behind the industry you just joined — from OCPP to roaming to billing.
You plug into a 22 kW AC charger. Where does the AC → DC conversion happen?
"What's a CDR again?"
EV charging sits where power electronics, grid physics, firmware, roaming protocols and regulation all collide. When you're new, you don't just learn slowly — you guess, and guessing gets expensive.
You get a PDF folder and a busy engineer to shadow. Nothing comes in the right order.
Promise kilowatts the grid can't deliver or miss a detail in a spec — and it's your name on it.
Nobody wants to interrupt a senior with the same basic question twice. So you nod along in meetings.
The solution
A short, structured path through the whole ecosystem, designed around how memory works: you recall, apply and revisit instead of sitting through a deck. Two hours a week, self-paced — until you can hold your own in a technical room.
Concepts return just before you'd forget them, so what you learned in week one is usable in a live deal.
Listen on the way to work, then answer questions about what you heard — you take part instead of drifting.
Protocols, power flows and money flows animated, so AC vs DC and OCPP vs OCPI click in minutes.
Fix a stuck charger, settle a roaming dispute, price a site. Mistakes cost nothing before real deals.
The curriculum
Based on How EV Charging Actually Works by Charles O'Donoghue — a field guide to the technology, business and operations of EV charging.
Market, segments and the eight actors of a charging network.
AC vs DC, power levels, connectors, 400V vs 800V — without the jargon wall.
How chargers, backends, cars and roaming partners talk to each other.
Tariffs, charge detail records, roaming settlement, contactless.
Why chargers fail and how operators diagnose them remotely.
Smart charging, V2G and Plug & Charge — where the industry is heading.
Speak the customer's language and never promise what a site can't deliver.
Write specs engineers respect, and follow every architecture discussion.
Understand why chargers fail, how billing works and what the acronyms mean.
Programs & pricing
Self-paced at ~2h per week: videos, podcasts, quizzes and a private Slack community. Learn on your commute, at your desk, whenever it fits.
2 weeks · ~2h / week
You need to speak the language fast — in sales, marketing or recruiting.
4 weeks · ~2h / week
You work with protocols and market roles every day — in product, biz dev or ops.
8 weeks · ~2h / week
You make architecture and business-model calls — as a lead or senior PM.
Want your employer to pay? We'll send them the invoice.
Your instructors
EV charging expert · Psychology & learning
Author of How EV Charging Actually Works. Brings deep industry knowledge and the science of how people learn. Ten years hands-on in EV charging, across hardware, software and business — from small startups to big companies.
EV charging expert · Entrepreneur
Passionate learner and builder. Turns expertise into products that teams love to use. Eight years in EV charging, having co-founded two startups as CEO and product lead.
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