A new EV smart charger and app have been introduced by Ivie.
The products are designed to allow EVs to be automatically charged at times when it is cheapest or greenest to do so.
For users on single-rate tariffs, the products work together to automatically charge the greenest times, easing pressure on the energy grid by using the maximum amount of renewable energy.
If the user has a dual-rate tariff, the app allows them to save money by taking full advantage of off-peak energy prices, prioritising charging at the cheapest times.
Users are also given the ability to set a personalised charging schedule, specifying a time that they would like their car to be fully charged by.
The Ivie Charge app also features roaming public charging functionality, which will be made available freely to all EV drivers in the coming months having rolled out initially to Ivie charger customers.
Ivie also has a fleet offering, which was explained to Business Car at the Fully Charged Live UK South 2023 show by Rachel Posgate, strategic partnerships director for Ivie’s parent company Chameleon Technology.
She said that as well as the charger, app, and installation, a fleet dashboard is also available, giving managers visibility of statistics and data insights about their fleet.
She said: “I think one of the key benefits of this proposition to fleets is that it’s a combination of home charging and public charging in one app, so fleets can reimburse employees for the charging they are doing at home, and then there’s a record of public charging as well.
“A problem for fleets is how they work out the price of charging at employee’s home, so the model we work with is that we provide the data of what that employee is using in their home to the employer, who can then reimburse that customer.”
Posgate added that bespoke product elements could be built to meet clients’ needs, drawing on Chameleon Technology’s extensive R&D capabilities.
