{"id":249179,"date":"2023-03-29T10:31:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T08:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reev.com\/?p=249179"},"modified":"2025-11-12T18:31:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:31:53","slug":"what-is-ad-hoc-charging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reev.com\/en\/what-is-ad-hoc-charging\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Ad Hoc charging?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"249179\" class=\"elementor elementor-249179 elementor-249178\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d11fe3 color-change e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7d11fe3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f6ad23 jet-breadcrumbs-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-breadcrumbs\" data-id=\"9f6ad23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-breadcrumbs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-jet-breadcrumbs jet-blocks\">\n\t\t<div class=\"jet-breadcrumbs\">\n\t\t<div class=\"jet-breadcrumbs__content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"jet-breadcrumbs__wrap\"><div class=\"jet-breadcrumbs__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reev.com\/en\/\" class=\"jet-breadcrumbs__item-link is-home\" rel=\"home\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2058e7c color-change e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2058e7c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5db53e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5db53e4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56782a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"56782a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ad hoc charging explained simply - spontaneous, barrier-free and legally compliant\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5685b2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5685b2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p aria-level=\"3\">Flexibility counts when driving an electric car &#8211; especially when the battery is unexpectedly empty. Thanks to ad-hoc charging, drivers can charge spontaneously at any public charging station &#8211; without an app or contract. But what&#8217;s behind it?  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86f9210 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"86f9210\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1964\" height=\"1122\" src=\"https:\/\/reev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-29.03.23-at-10.29.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-249195\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-29.03.23-at-10.29.jpeg 1964w, https:\/\/reev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-29.03.23-at-10.29-300x171.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/reev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-29.03.23-at-10.29-1024x585.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/reev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-29.03.23-at-10.29-768x439.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/reev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-29.03.23-at-10.29-1536x877.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/reev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-29.03.23-at-10.29-1080x617.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/reev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-29.03.23-at-10.29-1280x731.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/reev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-29.03.23-at-10.29-980x560.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/reev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-29.03.23-at-10.29-480x274.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1964px) 100vw, 1964px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db18ba1 color-change e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"db18ba1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfcf528 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cfcf528\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8d0e75 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b8d0e75\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eddac93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eddac93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 data-start=\"565\" data-end=\"601\"><strong data-start=\"571\" data-end=\"601\">What is ad hoc charging?<\/strong><\/h4><p data-start=\"603\" data-end=\"996\">Ad-hoc charging &#8211; also known as &#8220;direct payment&#8221; &#8211; enables spontaneous, contract-free charging at public charging points.<br data-start=\"723\" data-end=\"726\">Since 2024, this function has been mandatory throughout the EU under the AFIR Regulation (Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation): all new public charging points must offer at least one contactless payment option (e.g. bank card, smartphone or QR code).<\/p><p data-start=\"998\" data-end=\"1098\"><strong>The goal:<\/strong> uniform, non-discriminatory access to charging infrastructure &#8211; throughout Europe.<\/p><h4 data-start=\"1105\" data-end=\"1160\"><strong data-start=\"1112\" data-end=\"1160\">How does ad hoc charging work in practice?<\/strong><\/h4><ol><li data-start=\"1162\" data-end=\"1577\"><strong data-start=\"1166\" data-end=\"1187\">1. select a charging station:<\/strong> At many stations, drivers will find a QR code or NFC payment point.<\/li><li data-start=\"1162\" data-end=\"1577\"><strong data-start=\"1272\" data-end=\"1285\">2. payment:<\/strong> Either via <strong data-start=\"1299\" data-end=\"1331\">smartphone browser (QR code)<\/strong> or directly <strong data-start=\"1344\" data-end=\"1368\">contactless with a card<\/strong>.<\/li><li data-start=\"1162\" data-end=\"1577\"><strong data-start=\"1376\" data-end=\"1396\">3. start &amp; charge:<\/strong> After authorization, the charging process starts immediately.<\/li><li data-start=\"1162\" data-end=\"1577\"><strong data-start=\"1458\" data-end=\"1473\">4 Billing:<\/strong> After the charging process, the exact amount is automatically billed via the selected payment method.<\/li><\/ol><p data-start=\"1579\" data-end=\"1670\">No app, no account, no contract &#8211; just get in, charge and ride on.<\/p><h4 data-start=\"1677\" data-end=\"1738\"><strong data-start=\"1684\" data-end=\"1738\">Legal basis: AFIR &amp; Charging Station Ordinance<\/strong><\/h4><p data-start=\"1740\" data-end=\"1992\">The <strong data-start=\"1744\" data-end=\"1798\">Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR)<\/strong> obliges all operators of public charging points to ensure <strong data-start=\"1858\" data-end=\"1883\">barrier-free access<\/strong>. In Germany, it was implemented by the new <strong data-start=\"1944\" data-end=\"1979\">Charging Point Ordinance (LSV 2023)<\/strong>. <\/p><p data-start=\"1994\" data-end=\"2017\">In concrete terms, this means<\/p><ul data-start=\"2018\" data-end=\"2275\"><li data-start=\"2018\" data-end=\"2129\"><p data-start=\"2020\" data-end=\"2129\"><strong data-start=\"2020\" data-end=\"2048\">DC charging points (&gt; 50 kW):<\/strong> must offer contactless card payment (e.g. Apple Pay, EC card, credit card).<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"2130\" data-end=\"2210\"><p data-start=\"2132\" data-end=\"2210\"><strong data-start=\"2132\" data-end=\"2150\">AC charging points:<\/strong> must at least allow web payment via QR code.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"2211\" data-end=\"2275\"><p data-start=\"2213\" data-end=\"2275\">Price information must be <strong data-start=\"2233\" data-end=\"2267\">transparent and clearly recognizable<\/strong>.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><h4 data-start=\"2282\" data-end=\"2318\"><strong data-start=\"2289\" data-end=\"2318\">Advantages of ad hoc charging<\/strong><\/h4><ul data-start=\"2320\" data-end=\"2676\"><li data-start=\"2320\" data-end=\"2394\"><p data-start=\"2322\" data-end=\"2394\">&#8211; <strong data-start=\"2322\" data-end=\"2345\"> Flexible &amp; spontaneous:<\/strong> charging without registration or contract.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"2395\" data-end=\"2483\"><p data-start=\"2397\" data-end=\"2483\">&#8211; <strong data-start=\"2397\" data-end=\"2429\"> Legally compliant &amp; barrier-free:<\/strong> mandatory for public charging points in accordance with EU regulations.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"2484\" data-end=\"2593\"><p data-start=\"2486\" data-end=\"2593\"><strong data-start=\"2486\" data-end=\"2520\">&#8211; Attractive for operators:<\/strong> Taps into additional user groups &#8211; e.g. guests or travelers passing through.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"2594\" data-end=\"2676\"><p data-start=\"2596\" data-end=\"2676\">&#8211; <strong data-start=\"2596\" data-end=\"2621\"> Easy to combine:<\/strong> ideally complements existing eRoaming or EMP models.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><h4 data-start=\"2683\" data-end=\"2738\"><strong data-start=\"2690\" data-end=\"2738\">reev &amp; ad hoc store: Simply legally compliant<\/strong><\/h4><p data-start=\"2740\" data-end=\"3085\">With the <strong data-start=\"2748\" data-end=\"2795\"><a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/reev.com\/en\/software\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"2750\" data-end=\"2793\">reev Software<\/a><\/strong> operators can implement ad-hoc payments effortlessly &#8211; securely, transparently and without additional effort.<br data-start=\"2905\" data-end=\"2908\">The integrated <strong data-start=\"2929\" data-end=\"2988\"><a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/reev.com\/en\/products-services\/reev-connect\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"2931\" data-end=\"2986\">reev Connect<\/a><\/strong> function, charging points are directly ad hoc-capable and meet all AFIR and LSV requirements.<\/p><h5 data-start=\"3087\" data-end=\"3116\"><strong data-start=\"3087\" data-end=\"3114\">Your advantages with reev:<\/strong><\/h5><ul data-start=\"3117\" data-end=\"3322\"><li data-start=\"3117\" data-end=\"3166\"><p data-start=\"3119\" data-end=\"3166\">&#8211; Cloud-based processing of ad hoc payments<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"3167\" data-end=\"3219\"><p data-start=\"3169\" data-end=\"3219\">&#8211; Simple QR- or NFC-based authentication<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"3220\" data-end=\"3272\"><p data-start=\"3222\" data-end=\"3272\">&#8211; Legally compliant price and billing presentation<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"3273\" data-end=\"3322\"><p data-start=\"3275\" data-end=\"3322\">&#8211; Automated processes in the <a href=\"https:\/\/reev.com\/en\/reev-platform\/\"><strong data-start=\"3302\" data-end=\"3320\">reev Platform<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"3273\" data-end=\"3322\"> <\/li><\/ul><p data-start=\"3347\" data-end=\"3625\">Ad-hoc charging provides real freedom when charging &#8211; without registration, without hurdles. For operators, it means more customers, more reach and legal security. With reev Software and reev Connect, ad-hoc charging is not only possible, it&#8217;s easy.  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d74c6f0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d74c6f0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f35dcc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0f35dcc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1ab927 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e1ab927\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad30188 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ad30188\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Make your charging points fit for ad-hoc charging.\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a154e7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a154e7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"3648\" data-end=\"3794\">With reev you meet all legal requirements &#8211; and offer maximum flexibility.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f4a5e0 elementor-align-left reev-button reev-button--white elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0f4a5e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/reev.com\/en\/software\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M11.25 3.75L17.5 10M17.5 10L11.25 16.25M17.5 10H2.5\" stroke=\"#131923\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Discover reev Software<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ad hoc charging allows drivers to charge spontaneously (i.e. ad hoc) at charging stations without having to register in advance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":249195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"32","_seopress_titles_title":"What is Ad Hoc Loading?","_seopress_titles_desc":"Ad hoc charging allows drivers to charge spontaneously (i.e. ad hoc) at charging stations without having to register in advance.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[662,368,305,663,664,294,229,665],"class_list":["post-249179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knowledge","tag-ausland-en","tag-elektrofahrzeug-en","tag-emobility-en","tag-inland-en","tag-international-en","tag-ladesoftware-en","tag-ladestation-en","tag-reisen-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reev.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}