ISO 15118
Okay, so you know how sometimes you have to plug in your phone or your tablet to charge it up, right? Well, there are also special plugs that can charge up electric cars so they can go zooming down the roads too! ISO 15118 is like the rules for these special plugs and how they talk to the cars.
See, when you plug in your phone, both the phone and the charger know what to do - the phone needs to charge up, and the charger needs to give it power. In the same way, when an electric car is plugged in, it needs to know how much power it can take in, how fast it can charge, and when it's done charging. And the charger needs to know all this too so it can give the car just the right amount of power.
So, ISO 15118 is like a big set of instructions that tells the car and the charger how to talk to each other. It makes sure that they communicate in the same language, so they understand what each other is saying. This way, you can plug your car into any charger, and it will know how to charge up properly without any mistakes.
So that's ISO 15118 in a nutshell - it's like a code that makes sure electric cars and chargers can be friends and do their job properly!
See, when you plug in your phone, both the phone and the charger know what to do - the phone needs to charge up, and the charger needs to give it power. In the same way, when an electric car is plugged in, it needs to know how much power it can take in, how fast it can charge, and when it's done charging. And the charger needs to know all this too so it can give the car just the right amount of power.
So, ISO 15118 is like a big set of instructions that tells the car and the charger how to talk to each other. It makes sure that they communicate in the same language, so they understand what each other is saying. This way, you can plug your car into any charger, and it will know how to charge up properly without any mistakes.
So that's ISO 15118 in a nutshell - it's like a code that makes sure electric cars and chargers can be friends and do their job properly!