Charging assembly for charging an electric vehicle

An electrical socket of a charging assembly for charging an electric vehicle, the electric socket comprising:

• a data storage medium readable by a charging station,
• wherein the electrical socket is configured to:
• receive the charging station;
• and
• connect the charging station to a specific branch of an electric vehicle supply installation,
• wherein the electric vehicle supply installation comprises a fuse cabinet and at least one branch connected to the fuse cabinet;
• wherein the data storage medium includes a data field indicative of a maximum electrical current that can be drawn from the fuse cabinet by said specific branch;
• the charging station is configured to:
• couple to the electrical socket, thereby electrically connecting the charging station to the specific branch of the electric vehicle supply installation;
• read the data storage medium including the data field;
• and
• adapt how current is drawn from the specific branch and provided to the electric vehicle based on the data field indicative of the maximum electrical current;
• and
• wherein the charging assembly comprises a communication unit configured to establish a communication link with other charging stations in the electric vehicle supply installation to facilitate coordination between the charging stations an amount of electrical current that may be drawn and/or which electric phase is to be used by each charging station.

A charging station of a charging assembly, the charging station configured to:

• couple to an electrical socket comprising a data storage medium readable by the charging station, thereby electrically connecting the charging station to a specific branch of an electric vehicle supply installation,
• wherein the data storage medium includes a data field indicative of a maximum electrical current that can be drawn from a fuse cabinet by said specific branch, and
• wherein the electrical socket is configured to:
• receive the charging station;
• and
• connect the charging station to the specific branch of the electric vehicle supply installation,
• wherein the electric vehicle supply installation comprises a fuse cabinet and at least one branch connected to the fuse cabinet;
• and
• read the data storage medium including the data fields;
• and
• adapt how current is drawn from the specific branch and provided to an electric vehicle based on the data field indicative of the maximum electrical current;
• and
• wherein the charging assembly further comprises a communication unit configured to establish a communication link with other charging stations in the electric vehicle supply installation to facilitate coordination between the charging stations an amount of electrical current that may be drawn and/or which electric phase is to be used by each charging station.