OCPI: Business & Concepts
Understand the OCPI roaming protocol without writing code. For product managers, business folks, and decision-makers at CPOs, eMSPs, and charging companies.
Join the waitlistWho this is for
Product managers, business development, sales engineers, and account executives at charging companies. Anyone making product, partnership, or vendor decisions involving OCPI.
Who this is not for
Engineers who will write OCPI integration code — see OCPI 2.2.1 Technical Implementation for the deep dive.
What you'll be able to do
- Make confident OCPI-related product and business decisions
- Negotiate with hubs and vendors knowledgeably
- Architect roaming strategy at a high level
- Communicate OCPI tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders
- Decide hub vs P2P with a clear framework
- Understand AFIR / NEVI compliance implications
Curriculum
22 lessons across 6 modules.
The roaming problem 3 lessons
Why interoperability matters and what happens without it.
- 🎥 Why interoperability matters: the multi-network user 12 min
- 🎥 The N×N integration problem 10 min
- 🎥 Open vs proprietary protocols — why open won 12 min
OCPI as a solution 4 lessons
What OCPI does, the roles, the modules.
- 🎥 What OCPI actually does (in plain English) 12 min
- 🎥 The roles: CPO, eMSP, Hub, NAP, NSP, SCSP 15 min
- 🎥 The 12 OCPI modules — a tour 20 min
- 🎥 Version history: what's current, what's coming 12 min
The roaming ecosystem 4 lessons
Hubs, peer-to-peer, money flows, patterns.
- 🎥 Hubs: who they are, what they do 15 min
- 🎥 Peer-to-peer vs hub-mediated — when each makes sense 15 min
- 🎥 Money flow: who pays whom (the unit economics) 18 min
- 🎥 Real-world architecture patterns from production operators 15 min
Business considerations 4 lessons
Tariffs, SLAs, partner selection, real case studies.
- 🎥 Choosing protocols, versions, and partners 15 min
- 🎥 Tariffs and pricing strategy in OCPI 18 min
- 🎥 SLAs and operational expectations 15 min
- 🎥 Case study: a regional CPO's roaming launch 20 min
Regulatory landscape 3 lessons
AFIR, NEVI, NAPs — what compliance actually requires.
- 🎥 AFIR in Europe: what it requires 15 min
- 🎥 NEVI in the US: what it requires 12 min
- 🎥 NAPs and member state nuances 12 min
Strategic decisions 4 lessons
Build vs buy, future-proofing, common pitfalls.
- 🎥 Build vs buy: in-house OCPI vs hub mediation 18 min
- 🎥 Architecture decisions framework (with checklist) 15 min
- 🎥 Future-proofing: planning for 2.3, 3.0, ISO 15118 integration 15 min
- 🎥 Common organizational pitfalls (and how to spot them) 15 min
Included with enrollment
- Decision frameworks (build/buy, hub selection, vendor scoring)
- Case study walkthrough documents
- Executive cheat sheets
- Recommended further reading by topic
- Glossary of OCPI terms
Prerequisites
- Basic familiarity with EV charging (or take Fundamentals first)
- Some context on your organization's charging strategy
What you’ll get
OCPI: Business & Concepts is for people who need to make decisions about OCPI without writing the code themselves. Product managers, business folks, sales engineers, and account executives walk away knowing enough to negotiate with hubs, pick partners, plan roaming architecture, and explain OCPI tradeoffs to executives.
~6 hours of self-paced video plus decision frameworks, case studies, and cheat sheets.
Who this is for
- Product managers at CPOs, eMSPs, or charging platforms
- Business development and sales engineers at charging companies
- Account executives who need OCPI fluency for customer conversations
- Strategy and operations folks at organizations deciding charging architecture
- Investors and analysts who cover EV charging
Who this is not for
If you’ll be writing OCPI integration code yourself — this won’t go deep enough. See OCPI 2.2.1 Technical Implementation for the deep technical course.
Format
Recorded video lessons, ~6 hours total, self-paced. Includes downloadable decision frameworks and worksheets you can use at work. Lifetime access plus updates when OCPI evolves (2.3 coverage when released, etc.).
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