The first IOTA charging station was launched in the Netherlands

ElaadNL launched the first charging station in the world where the service can be paid in IOTA, which is a great victory for the cryptocurrency community according to the following tweet:

https://twitter.com/DahiyaSunil_/status/986618945728860163

The charger is integrated with the new test site named ElaaadNL, located in the business park, Arnhems Buiten (the former Kema site) . It contains all charging stations used in the public area of ​​the Netherlands. We mention: a fast charger, a charging island, a battery, the IOTA charger, etc.

A charging station for IOTA electric vehicle in the Netherlands

The Dutch smart charging provider ElaadNL has developed the charging system with IOTA as a method of payment. Harm Van Den Brink, a developer from ElaadNL commented :

We see the potential of DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology), and we thought: could we integrate that into a charging station? Can we use this technology to create a more integrated system, such as smart grids, and get as much renewable energy as possible?

The IOTA Tangle is an innovation of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), it was designed in the environment of the Internet of Things (IoT). New Machine-to-Machine (M2M) interactions will be facilitated by this open-source protocol. This involves secure data transfer and micro-payment in real time at no cost.

There is no need for a credit or subscription card, the IOTA charging station operates autonomously, it supports communication and payment with the user. Its administration is as reliable as it is irrefutable since the counter values ​​are stored every 15 minutes in the entanglement. No back office or communication protocol is required.

This technology represents a giant step towards the future connected and fully digitized world. Its use in the field of e-mobility could provide valuable information in other related sectors, such as energy.

A leap forward for IOTA and Elaad

Dominik Schiener, co-founder of IOTA said:

Charging electric vehicles is one of many applications where IOTA is the basic protocol for inter-machine transactional settlement. The work done by the Enexis team to create the very first EV IOTA charging station has been great and will pave the way for greater adoption of IOTA in the field of mobility.

David Sonstebo, another IOTA co-founder, also said:

As cars turn into wheeled computers and the era of electric vehicles is inaugurated, it is imperative that we have the infrastructure to support this new era of mobility. The Enexis ElaadNL project paves the way using the IOTA protocol. That's exactly what we have in mind for the new Economy Machine.

The project is still in its infancy. Elaad plans to integrate much more secure, machine-to-machine off-network payment systems in the future. These would be comparable to the Lightning Network. They can be downloaded in the IOTA entanglement, according to a later date. In this case, the systems will work even without an internet connection.

In addition, the broader objectives of the company concern the development of a purse of machines, exclusively intended for vehicles. These would then be used by IOTA. The user would be free to pre-finance his electric car for a certain amount of electric refills.

What do you think of the first IOTA electric vehicle charging station in the Netherlands? Let us know in the comments section below.

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