With the establishment of facilities that can certify the quality of electric vehicle charging facilities, qualitative growth in electric vehicles and charging facilities is expected in the future.

On the 19th, Hyundai Motor Group held an opening ceremony for the 'Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Quality Certification Center (E-CQV)' at the Korea Testing Laboratory (KTC) headquarters in Gunpo, Gyeonggi Province. The ceremony was attended by Vice President of Hyundai Motor Company's Global Strategy Office (GSO) Kim Heung-soo, KTC President Ahn Sung-il, and National Institute of Standards and Technology President Jin Jong-wook. The group announced plans to operate the 'Electric Vehicle Charging Quality Certification System' as early as the end of the year.

Hyundai Motor Group and KTC have agreed to provide comprehensive support to domestic charger manufacturers to further improve charger quality and to increase customer satisfaction with electric vehicle charging quality, thereby activating the charging ecosystem.

The establishment of the 'Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Quality Certification Center (E-CQV)' is also significant in that it establishes a credible charger quality certification system, contributes to the expansion of chargers that customers can trust and use, and ultimately improves customers' convenience in charging electric vehicles.

The 'Electric Vehicle Charging Quality Certification System' is △Charger durability & miIt consists of five standardized quality evaluation items: reliability, actual charging performance, security, communication suitability, and electromagnetic compatibility, and is operated openly by all manufacturers and charging operators to secure public interest and publicness.

Hyundai Motor Group will actively reflect the quality verification system and quality management know-how acquired in the process of developing certification items together with KTC and developing and operating E-pit, an ultra-fast electric vehicle charging station, in the 'Electric Vehicle Charging Quality Certification System' while moving forward with establishing various services to secure the quality of the electric vehicle charging ecosystem.

E-pit is Hyundai Motor Group's ultra-fast charging brand that was inspired by pit stops in motorsports racing and aims to provide electric vehicle charging services easily and quickly.

KTC will provide the land, equipment, and facilities for the 'Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Quality Certification Center (E-CQV)' and will be responsible for the overall operation of the 'Electric Vehicle Charging Quality Certification System', including conducting certification tests and issuing certificates.

Meanwhile, the 'Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Quality Certification Center (E-CQV)' plans to go beyond domestic legal certification support and provide integrated legal certification services for global electric vehicle markets such as North America and Europe, helping charger manufacturers reduce the time and cost required to obtain charger certification.

In addition, we plan to support charger manufacturers so that they can ensure quality from the domestic charger development stage and play a leading role in the global charging infrastructure market simultaneously with mass production.

Kim Heung-soo, Vice President of Hyundai Motor Company GSO, said, “We have established the Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Quality Certification Center (E-CQV) so that customers can have a stable charging experience without worrying about breakdowns while charging their electric vehicles.” He added, “Hyundai Motor Group will continue to expand the quantity of charging infrastructure and “We plan to take the lead in qualitatively developing the charging ecosystem so that more customers can enjoy significantly improved charging services anytime, anywhere without inconvenience,” he said.

“As companies that dominate the electric vehicle charging market ecosystem are expected to gain an upper hand in the future electric vehicle market, the importance of testing and certification for the safety and performance of electric vehicle charging infrastructure is growing by the day,” said Ahn Sung-il, president of the Korea Testing & Research Institute for Machinery and Electrical Engineering. “We will take the lead in providing various support so that domestic companies can lead the global electric vehicle charging market by establishing a safe and reliable verification system through the Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Quality Certification Center (E-CQV).”