Automated electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) group commissioning system and method

An automated method of group commissioning Electric Vehicle Supply Equipments (EVSEs), the method comprising:

• providing a centralized system configured to supply a series of known valid Wi-Fi Service Set Identifier (SSID) and password credential combinations to a group of EVSEs, the centralized system configured to pre-configure all EVSEs with identical Wi-Fi SSID and password combinations such that when the first EVSE creates a parent wireless network, all subsequent child EVSEs automatically connect using the pre-configured credentials without requiring individual commissioning steps, wherein the centralized system to assist in a group pre-connectivity configuration in that if the group of EVSEs is in a same area, they default to connect to each other via a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) created by a parent EVSE, to which each child EVSE connects;
• and
• providing a first EVSE of the group of EVSEs communicatively coupled to the centralized system, the first EVSE comprising:
• a first processor;
• and a first memory storing instructions that, when executed by the first processor, cause the first EVSE to:
• commission the first EVSE in the group of EVSEs that is interconnected, wherein every subsequent EVSE in that local network connectivity group is automatically commissioned such that for every group of EVSEs, the only activity that needs to be performed is a single EVSE commissioning and the system does not require subsequent EVSEs of the group of EVSEs to be network configured for them to be added to the certain company account.