AC charging of an European EV vehicle with a Mode 3 cable. The left side of the cable is the charging station or wallbox. The middle section is the mode 3 charging cable. (All the switsches simulates the contactpoints of the charging cable). The right side is the vehicle onboard charger (only the communication and the receiving of the three phase voltage, but without the inverter). The wires of the charging cable from top to bottom: CP, L1, L2
L3, N, PP, PE.