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ASK contactless coupler in 1,500 Mobi.e EV charging points

ASK, a leading manufacturer of contactless products, has been selected to supply CPL108 contactless couplers, to be integrated into all recharging points of Portugal’s Mobi.e nationwide EV charging network.
February 2, 2012 Read time: 1 min

150 ASK, a leading manufacturer of contactless products, has been selected to supply CPL108 contactless couplers, to be integrated into all recharging points of Portugal’s Mobi.e nationwide EV charging network. Claimed to be the first country in the world to implement such a network, it will be available throughout the country and will be  accessible to all users and compatible with all manufacturers of electric vehicles.

The CPL108 that ASK is supplying is a small size multipurpose contactless coupler based on the company’s  UCM108 contactless module. It complies with the latest standards including ISO14443 A/B/B’, Felica, ISO18092 (NFC), Mifare and Mifare Plus.

The systems architecture and development of the integrated high-level management platform was implemented by Novabase, the leading Portuguese company in IT business solutions and ASK’s long term customer.

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