The Electric Vehicle Public Key Infrastructure Consortium (EVPKI Consortium) has announced the launch of its Production Certificate Trust List (CTL), which now includes multiple PKI Certificate Authorities such as DigiCert, Hubject, Irdeto, ISS, and OEM participants including General Motors and Tesla.
The Production CTL enables testing of the Consortium’s interoperability model for PKI using the EVPKI production testing platform.
“The development of a Production SAE EVPKI Certificate Trust List with six compliant PKI roots marks a significant step in establishing an interoperable PKI framework for the global EV charging ecosystem,” said Tim Weisenberger, SAE ITC EVPKI director. “With this foundation in place, the Consortium can begin validating cross-industry interoperability at scale.”
The EVPKI Policy Authority will oversee QA testing of the Production CTL and plans to onboard additional PKI roots to the Operational EVPKI CTL through Q1 2026. Once this work is complete, the operational EVPKI solution will be made available to support secure EV charging transactions, Plug & Charge implementations, and broader vehicle-to-charger authentication needs.
This effort is intended to create a competitive, interoperable PKI supply market, an area that has historically lacked standardized approaches.
The Consortium continues to rely on participation from industry members to guide testing, define requirements, and help prepare the SAE EVPKI solution for operational deployment in 2026. Input from OEMs, charger manufacturers, network operators, and cybersecurity teams remains essential to ensuring a scalable and practical PKI framework for EV charging.
The publication of SAE EVPKI Certificate Trust List Requirements (CTL) Version 2 supports the launch of the Production CTL. The CTL Requirements document is available at no cost to the industry on the EVPKI website.
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