Jaap Burger
A nice graph from a Finnish report published today showing what #SmartCharging means: shifting the actual charging of an #EV to cheaper times - on average four hours later. It's stress-free for the user, good for the wallet and good for the grid, thanks to the automation provided by smart charging services.
Feb 29, 2024 at 10:03amElk (canary)
Show threadJaap BurgerFeb 29, 2024
80% of Synergi users in 🇫🇮 have a dynamic/spot price contract, saving them up to 70% on charging costs, and all this without compromising user comfort: drivers still have a fully charged car in the morning - and can still plug in in the normal late afternoon/early morning hours when they get home.
https://synergi.so/business/smart-data/
#EV #SmartCharging
Synergi Smart Data

The Finland EV Smart Charging and Optimisation Report 2024 shares exclusive access to data and in-depth analysis, derived from the experiences and behaviors of more than 1000 electric vehicle drivers in Finland.

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Show threadYimby Earth has moved!Feb 29, 2024

@burger_jaap

iirc this is a fairly common feature on home batteries as well?
i.e they top up during the hours the grid power is cheaper.

Show threadJaap BurgerFeb 29, 2024
@YimbyEarth yes. Now we need to make EV batteries do this by default as well.
Show threadYimby Earth has moved!Feb 29, 2024

@burger_jaap
It does seem like a very obvious thing to implement system-wide as the default, yes.

Sometimes the win-win-win is real.

Show threadchristian mockFeb 29, 2024
@burger_jaap @YimbyEarth I think the main issue here is we are far away from "plug and play" (regarding the systems integration). Everybody is using their own protocols, there is no easy interoperability between wallboxes, cars, PV inverters, home batteries... So any energy management solution has to implement interfaces for all the those proprietary systems.