i-charging’s 1.5-Megawatt Charger Earns North American Electrical Safety Certification

i-charging has obtained Intertek ETL certification for its i-light high-power DC charger, clearing an important equipment-safety requirement for planned use in the United States and Canada. The Atlanta and Portugal-headquartered supplier says the system can deliver as much as 1.5 megawatts per output through the Megawatt Charging System interface, positioning it for medium and heavy-duty electric fleets.

Intertek evaluated i-light against UL 2202, UL 2231 and CSA C22.2 No. 346, according to the company. The ETL mark indicates that the equipment was independently tested against the cited electrical safety requirements. That advances the charger toward North American commercial and industrial installations, but it does not establish that every prospective site or configuration has been approved.

The distinction matters at this power level. Certification addresses the charger as equipment; an operating depot or public charging location must also accommodate its electrical demand, physical configuration and applicable installation requirements. No customers, sites, production volumes or commercial rollout dates have been identified, so the certification should be read as a market-access milestone rather than evidence of an active deployment network.

Two interfaces cover current fleets and emerging trucks

i-light supports up to 800 kilowatts through the Combined Charging System, or CCS, as well as the higher 1.5-megawatt output through the emerging Megawatt Charging System, or MCS. That dual-interface approach gives the platform a path to serve vehicles using established high-power DC charging while preparing for trucks designed around the newer megawatt-class connection.

Jeff Cohen, CEO of i-charging USA, described certification as a decisive step in bringing i-light to North America. He said fleet operators need charging infrastructure suited to the duty cycles of medium and heavy-duty electric vehicles already on the road while remaining ready for MCS as the standard matures.

Power rating alone, however, does not define whether a charger will fit a fleet operation. Megawatt charging places additional demands on connectors, cable cooling, communications, thermal management and site electrical infrastructure. SAE J3271, released in March 2025, provides system-level MCS specifications covering areas including electromechanical couplers, communications, cooling and interoperability testing. A detailed discussion of megawatt-charging validation requirements also highlights sustained-current temperature control, signal behavior and compatibility between equipment from different manufacturers.

Those concerns extend beyond initial laboratory compliance. Repeated high-power sessions can make coolant flow, connector temperatures, voltage stability and software behavior important to fleet availability. Certification establishes that i-light passed the applicable safety evaluation cited by i-charging, but no field-reliability record, interoperability results or operating-duty data were provided.

Site power remains a separate engineering constraint

A 1.5-megawatt output can impose utility and facility requirements well beyond those of passenger-vehicle fast charging. The actual burden depends on how many outputs operate simultaneously, the site’s existing service, load-management strategy and any supporting electrical infrastructure. i-charging has not disclosed i-light’s site-level utility requirements, internal power-conversion architecture or cooling design, leaving operators without enough public information to assess those tradeoffs.

The available interface hardware includes a 10-inch touchscreen. i-charging also offers an optional 37-inch transparent display intended to remain visible from a vehicle’s driver seat. These features address interaction at the charging point, but they do not answer the more consequential fleet questions around uptime, service access, sustained output and performance across different truck platforms.

The next meaningful step is therefore not another peak-power claim. It is disclosure of the charger’s certified operating boundaries, followed by named installations and operating data showing how the system handles repeated commercial duty. Until customers, sites and a rollout schedule are confirmed, ETL certification gives i-light a necessary North American safety credential not a completed deployment case.

By Robert McKinney — Editor-in-Chief for AMI’s automotive and mobility coverage, with a mechanical engineering background and a decade reporting on powertrain systems, EV innovation, and global vehicle manufacturing.