Regular charging
Charging when arriving at the garage
The last activity for an EV driver is to connect the vehicle to a charger. This will instruct the charger to deliver energy but as can be seen from the price curve this might not be the most optimal time to start charging.
However, it allows the driver to check if the charger delivers power to the vehicle thus giving a guarantee that the vehicle is ready for next days operation.
Smart Charging
Save 20-50% with cost efficient charging
When using smart charging the EV driver still connect the vehicle to the charger when arriving at the depot. Then ChargePlan takes over and compute the most optimal charging time given the current energy prices, next departure time, kapacity of the charger and vehicle battery ability to consume energy. All these parameters and more are important when planning charging.