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Meet Ilir Selmani, a Frontend Developer at Metergram who takes pride in crafting seamless user experiences with the latest technologies. In this interview, Ilir shares his professional journey, his favorite development tools, and what he loves most about working at Metergram.

Software applications have quickly reached a point where they form the backbone of many successful companies. There are also plenty of out-of-the-box software solutions available for businesses that want to streamline processes or automate workflows.

Not only are more motoring brands phasing out their combustion cars and investing heavily in electric vehicles, but consumer demand also continues to grow.

One of the leading electric vehicle charging networks, ChargePoint, has released the report for its second quarter fiscal year 2023 financial results. The company has been around since 2007 and since then has constructed an extensive EV charging network spanning more than 200,000 locations.

Software is developed for various purposes but must be completed on time, within budget, and according to well-defined requirements. To accomplish this, certain boundaries are typically defined at the start of the project.

NASA posted information about how technology developed for their future space missions could have an unexpected benefit for electric vehicles. These future missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond will all make use of complex systems that require advanced heat transfer capabilities.

Dr. Marc Mültin, the CEO and founder of Switch, published a white paper titled “Time’s up. Say goodbye to OCPP 1.6.” Dr. Mültin is an E-mobility communication standards expert and co-author of ISO 15118, so his paper on embracing the benefits of OCPP 2.x makes some compelling arguments.

Even with decreased charging times, the EV market is still far behind the Internal combustion engine vehicle market when it comes to “refueling.” However, a startup named Adden Energy has been developing a solid-state battery system for future EVs that could be a game changer.

As charging continues to be a primary concern for many electric vehicle owners, continued research is being done on convenient and widely available solutions. Conductive chargers remain the standard for doing so, but some researchers are also looking into the viability of alternatives.

Roaming is a term that should be familiar to anyone with a mobile phone, but it is crucial for the electrical vehicle market too. With mobile phones, it doesn't matter if you travel abroad; roaming allows you to connect to a local operator without the need to switch to a new network contract.

Unlike the monolithic architecture of the past, modern software development has begun to embrace microservices architecture instead. In fact, according to the solo.io 2022 service mesh adoption survey, fully 85% of companies say they are modernizing their apps to microservices architecture.