(CharIN) task force was formed by industry actors in March 2018, with the purpose to "define a new commercial vehicle high power charging standard to maximize customer flexibility.

From early 2018 until late 2019, the abbreviation HPCCV (High Power Charging for Commercial Vehicles) was used, following the name of the CharIN consortium taskforce.

[3] Five companies submitted candidate designs to meet the requirements: Tesla, Electrify America, ABB, paXos, and Stäubli.

[6] A test of seven vehicle inlets and eleven connectors was held at the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in September 2020.

[6]: 3  CharIN intends to complete the specification document by 2024,[1] which is planned to be in a state that is ready to be adopted by ISO and IEC as a global standard.

[16] Three truck charging stations using a pre-standardized version of MCS will be built and operated in the Swedish project E-Charge.

[28] Contargo had announced to build its own network of truck fast chargers, specifically at its company sites in Duisburg, Voerde-Emmelsum, Emmerich, Frankfurt-Ost, Industriepark Frankfurt-Höchst, Gustavsburg, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Koblenz, Ludwigshafen, Mannheim, Neuss, Weil am Rhein and Wörth.

[29] In June, Milence openend its first truck charging park in the port of Antwerpen-Brügge, not including an MCS plug however.

[30] In June, Shell opened a public truck fast charger with CCS and MCS at its ETCA campus in Amsterdam.

[32] Key requirements include:[4] MCS is intended for Class 6, 7, and 8 commercial vehicles, initially with a primary focus on large trucks and busses, but potential MCS applications to the Aeronautics industry (e-VTOL, e-Planes, etc...) and Marine Industry (Tug-boats, e-Ferries, River Cargo vessels, etc...) exist.