The conditions for using the Futurehub electric vehicle charging test bed

1. General information and definitions
These conditions (”conditions”) are applied to the services and equipment (“service”) provided by VTT Technical research centre of Finland Ltd (“VTT”) at VTT Futurehub (address Tekniikantie 21, Espoo, Finland, “charging test bed, CTB”) for charging of electric vehicles (“charging”). The user of the service is known as ”user”. The primary language version of the conditions is Finnish, and versions in other languages are translations. The services include non-exclusively the public web sites for the CTB (“web site”), limited parking permit during the charging (“parking for charging”, PfC), and the electric energy from the chargers (“charging energy”). The actions related to the services include non-exclusively the responses to the CTB web service (“CBT web service”) starting surveys (“engagement survey”), and CTB web service user satisfaction survey (“satisfaction survey”). Additionally, CTB may contain equipment, services, or systems from a third-party provider (“third-party provider”, TPP). In addition to these conditions the conditions from TPP apply (“TPP conditions”). By using the CTB services and equipment the user confirms to be familiar with these conditions and agrees to follow them. If the user disagrees with the conditions, the user is not entitled to use the service.

2. Contents and the usage of the service
The main content of the service is charging of electric vehicles. The service is offered “as is”, and ”as available”. VTT reserves the rights to modify or change the service, or for justified reasons to close or stop the service fully or partially.

3. Usage rights
The service (charging) is remunerative for the user. It requires the initiation actions, defined in separate instructions. By performing those actions, the user will get a limited rights to the service for one charging instance. The right to charge ends when the vehicle battery is full, or the charging is stopped due to an error condition or similar reason, or if the user interrupts charging. The specific instructions for achieving the rights for the service are displayed in the equipment in the charging field, as well as in the CBT web service. The user is granted personal usage rights to the service according to these conditions. The user is not allowed to use the service against these conditions, against law, or against good manners. The user has no permission to transfer or grant usage rights to the third party.

4. Usability of the service
VTT aims to continuous usability of the service for the user. However, the nature of CBT is a living lab, with a continuous development and evolution, thus its functionality cannot be guaranteed in any given moment. VTT aims to keep the service up-to-date and functional. The user accepts, that the service may not be in the use. VTT does not have any liability for compensation or reimbursement due to such interruptions of service.

5. Processing and utilisation of the charging data and charging related data
VTT records the charging data and charging related data for the whole duration of the charging event. Such data is not used to identify the user or the user vehicle. VTT may also collect other information, including but not limited to the engagement survey and satisfaction survey data. VTT will get all the rights to all such data, and can utilise it in any way, without identifying the user or the vehicle.

6. Right to the service
The service including its data bases and other materials is protected according to the copyright laws. Full ownership as well as the copyright and other immaterial rights to the service and its databases and other materials belong to VTT or VTT’s associates. The user is granted the right to use the service according to these conditions only, and the user will not get any other rights to the service in addition to these conditions, unless otherwise agreed between the parties by a written agreement. The service may include equipment, programs, or other material from a third-party provider, solely under the licensing conditions of the third-party provider. VTT is not responsible for the immaterial or other rights for the material provided or produced by a third-party provider, nor for the demands related to them.

7. Limits of the liability
The service including its contents is provided to the user “as is” and “as available”. VTT does not guarantee, that the service is available, or it is available without interruptions, disturbances or without errors, or that the service can be used for the charging of a vehicle. The user assumes the full responsibility to use the service, and VTT is not responsible for the correctness, trustworthiness, errors, shortcomings, inaccuracies or other failures of the service or the service data, neither for the expenses, hazards, or losses, that are due to the use of the service or service data. The service may contain links to the other providers’ web pages or other services. VTT is not responsible for such contents, services or the marketing materials, or similar material. VTT has no liability to the user. VTT is not responsibe for the direct or indirect damages, losses, or expense due to the service, use of the service , denial of the service or these conditions. Specifically, VTT does not have any liability for the spoils or damages occurred to the vehicle due to the charging.

8. Duration of the usage rights
If the user follows these conditions, the usage rights for the use of the service are in effect throughout the entire charging event. However, VTT reserves the right to terminate the usage rights at any moment, without stating the reason. When the usage rights are terminated, the user must stop the usage of the service.

9. Changes in the conditions
VTT reserves the right to modify these conditions at any moment by publishing them updated in the service.

10. Applicable law and disagreements
The Finnish law is applied to these conditions. All the disagreements due to these conditions, that cannot be solved agreeably by negotiations, are resolved at the District Court of Helsinki.