The Consortium has formally launched with four charter members: ChargePoint, Electrify America, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors.
The EVPKI Consortium is an industry-led and SAE-ITC managed group committed to bringing the best EV Charging PKI platform to market. The mission of the consortium is to create and manage an inclusive framework for secure digital trust across the electric mobility PKI ecosystem to accelerate electric vehicle adoption and optimise the user experience. The consortium welcomes additional private companies and public sector organisations in the electric vehicle charging ecosystem to participate.
The consortium implements and manages the SAE EVPKI Platform, which was developed and tested by a cross-industry team of EV industry leaders including EV OEMs, charging manufacturers and providers, and EV ecosystem companies. It is focused on creating an open and interoperable PKI marketplace for the global EV ecosystem.
Consortium goals include delivering and managing a comprehensive, transparent PKI governance for all industry; developing a Certificate Trust List to achieve an interoperable PKI marketplace; implementing a robust PKI testing program to achieve infrastructure interoperability; and enhancing cross-industry PKI collaboration, insight and education.
SAE will publish the SAE EVPKI Certificate Policy in the coming weeks. The Certificate Policy is a critical document that provides an integrated set of technologies, protocols, identity-proofing, lifecycle management and auditing requirements for the issuance and management of an SAE EVPKI-compliant PKI root. The Certificate Policy will be available free for download at the EVPKI Consortium website.
SAE ITC encourages interested EV stakeholders to learn more about this vital consortium and inquire about membership.
