The Juicebox and Enel X shutdown: What comes next?

October 11, 2024:

Meanwhile, a number of companies and open source projects are working on offering third-party support for Juiceboxes. Unfortunately, only newer Juiceboxes support the open charge point protocol; older devices may need to be physically modified, perhaps with open source hardware.

Enel X

As might be expected, lots of charging solution providers are interested in helping Enel X’s stranded commercial customers become their newest happy, smiling customers. But it’s going to be up to those stranded by Enel X to find a new company and platform to work with.

In some cases that might mean migrating existing hardware over, but as SAE notes, Enel X has done little to make that migration simple. And many businesses may find what were functioning level 2 chargers today are just beige-colored bricks tomorrow. For example, with Enel X gone, there are no contracts in place for the SIM cards embedded in each charger that provide the connectivity those devices expect.

“When that goes dead, the only way you can really get those chargers going again is you physically send someone out there, or you ask the person on the property to take out the SIM card, replace it,” said Joseph Schottland, CEO of EV+ Charging. “It’s a big ask, because they’ve got to get the screwdriver out, take the back of the charger off… They’ve got to know where to look.”

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