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Mercedes-Benz is to build a global branded charging network for its electric car  customers, starting in the US and Canada this year and rolling it out later in Europe and China, writes Brian Byrne. Announced at last week’s CES show in Las Vegas, the system in the US is envisaged to have 2,500 chargers across 400 strategically located hubs by 2027. The German carmaker will partner with local EV charging and technology companies in the scheme, which will also utilise the Mercedes me Charge system whereby the charge unit communicates directly with the vehicle without the need for manual use of a charging card or fob. Partnering with companies that provide ‘green’ electricity will be a feature of the scheme. Mercedes-Benz intends to go all-electric wherever market conditions allow by the end of this decade. 

There are IT concepts you should know about if you run a business. You might not be the person or belong to the team that handles all of your IT needs, but you should still understand some of the basic notions. When you do, you can speak to the IT department more easily, and you’ll be able to take part in discussions about what technology forms you do or don’t need. With that in mind, let’s talk about PKI. We’ll explain what it is, and we’ll give a few reasons why it benefits you to know about it. What is PKI? PKI stands for public key infrastructure . It is a system that governs digital certificate issuance. Digital certificates exist so you can be sure of a user, app, or device’s identity anywhere in the world. If you know that a device has a digital certificate, that’s how you can be sure you are not communicating or trying to do business with a fraudulent entity. Some hackers will set up entities that mimic others. They’ll try to get you to reveal sensitive information, which ...