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      "definition": "Charging through the vehicle’s onboard charger from an AC socket or wallbox, at a few kilowatts up to 22 kW. It takes hours, keeps the cells cool and gently loaded, and is how most private cars are charged.",
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        "onboard-charger",
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        "depot-charging",
        "sae-j1772"
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        "evse"
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        "definition": "The IEC 61851 classes of conductive charging: mode 1 a plain domestic socket, mode 2 a socket with an in-cable control box, mode 3 a dedicated AC charging point with the control pilot, and mode 4 DC charging where the converter is in the station. Most public charging is mode 3 or 4.",
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        "definition": "Charging a fleet of buses or trucks at the depot, usually overnight at 50–150 kW per vehicle, which keeps cell stress low and lets an energy-management system sequence the chargers against the site’s grid connection.",
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          "electric-bus",
          "pantograph-charging",
          "energy-management-system",
          "vdv-261",
          "fast-charging",
          "smart-charging"
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          "Type 1",
          "Type 2",
          "CCS"
        ],
        "section": "topic-infrastructure",
        "definition": "The standards that define charging connectors: J1772 Type 1 and the IEC 62196 Type 2 plug for AC, and the Combined Charging System that adds two DC pins below them. Europe mandates Type 2 and CCS2; North America is moving to the NACS connector.",
        "related": [
          "dc-fast-charging",
          "onboard-charger",
          "iso-15118",
          "control-pilot",
          "nacs",
          "chademo"
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        "name": "Charger",
        "section": "topic-charging",
        "definition": "The power electronics that convert mains or DC supply into the controlled current and voltage a battery needs. For lithium-ion it runs the CC-CV profile within the limits the BMS communicates, and stops rather than floats when the cell is full.",
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          "dc-fast-charging"
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      "id": "term:evse",
      "type": "Term",
      "label": "Electric vehicle supply equipment",
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          "charging station",
          "charge point",
          "wallbox"
        ],
        "section": "topic-infrastructure",
        "definition": "The charging equipment between the grid and the vehicle: an AC wallbox that only switches and protects the supply, or a DC charger that also converts it. It enforces the current limit, ground-fault protection and communication with the vehicle.",
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          "charging-modes",
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          "evcc"
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