Introducing ev.energy's E-Mobility API: Seamless Smart Charging for Your Branded Experience

November 11, 2024
Nico Gregori
Blog

Utilities, auto OEMs and other e-mobility providers can now bring the power of the ev.energy app into their own branded digital experiences.

As electric vehicle adoption continues to rise globally, EVs are rapidly becoming the most valuable asset in the smart home, workplace, and across the grid. With their large battery capacity and unparalleled flexibility, EVs are transforming how we approach energy management.

For organizations across the e-mobility landscape—including utilities, vehicle manufacturers, EVSE providers, and fleet platforms—integrating value-added services quickly and reliably is key to staying competitive. EVs are a critical part of this puzzle. That’s why at ev.energy, we’re thrilled to introduce our E-Mobility API.

This powerful API enables product teams to seamlessly incorporate ev.energy’s smart charging capabilities into existing apps, unlocking new opportunities to create delightful user experiences, enhance customer retention, and monetize your product—all while keeping your brand front and center.

Our E-Mobility API is part of ev.energy’s Software Development Kit (SDK) which includes everything you need—from web views and API documentation to developer guides and code samples—ensuring a smooth deployment process. Additionally, our dedicated engineering team and multilingual customer support are available to assist you at every stage of your journey.

Let’s dive into how this solution addresses the unique challenges facing e-mobility providers.

The Benefits for Utilities

Utilities in competitive markets have a unique opportunity to differentiate themselves by offering value-added services that allow customers to manage and optimize all aspects of their energy use - including EV charging - in one place. Yet, developing a solution from scratch can be costly and time-consuming.

ev.energy’s SDK gives you instant access to a set of tools to embed smart EV charging functionality, boost customer engagement, and participate in grid flexibility and demand response programs—all within your own branded experience.

With ev.energy’s E-Mobility API, you can:

  • Increase revenue and reduce operational costs: Integrate EVs into your market operations using ev.energy’s load management capabilities, including forecasting, load shaping, and dynamic dispatch. This helps you minimize operational costs while unlocking new revenue streams from grid services.
  • Grow your customer base and demand response participation: Deliver a top-tier digital experience that drives user acquisition and retention. Leverage simple endpoints to streamline the customer onboarding process, give customers trust and control with smart charging settings, and then reward engagement with incentives to improve customer satisfaction, engagement, and loyalty.
  • Gain actionable insights: Access detailed, aggregated data on customer behavior, hardware performance, and incentive distribution, along with post-event reports. This data provides valuable insights for more targeted program management, improved decision-making, and optimized demand response strategies.
  • Ensure seamless integration across technologies: Allow customers to connect their EVs, EVSEs, solar PV, and more—without the complexity of building these integrations yourself. Our API simplifies connectivity across a broad range of technologies, ensuring a smooth, hassle-free user experience.

By leveraging ev.energy’s E-Mobility API, you can offer innovative, value-added services that quickly position your utility as a leader in the energy transition, all while having full control over your customer experience.

The Benefits for Auto OEMs

The demand for connected, energy-efficient products has never been greater, and vehicle and EVSE manufacturers are no exception. As EV adoption moves beyond early adopters and into the mainstream, delivering a seamless and compelling experience is critical.

ev.energy’s SDK empowers you to meet this challenge head-on by providing the tools to delight your customers with smart charging capabilities, integrate managed charging programs, and enable hardware interoperability.

Here’s what you can achieve with ev.energy’s API:

  • Add customer value and boost sales: Smart charging is a highly compelling feature that helps differentiate your EVs and increase sales. By offering a fully integrated smart charging solution through your branded apps, you not only attract more customers but also enhance their experience by making it easier for them to manage energy use and save money.
  • Seamlessly integrate with utilities: Give your customers the ability to easily add their energy tariff details and enroll in managed charging programs for an optimal charging experience—without the headache of navigating different energy markets and regulatory changes around the world. ev.energy handles these intricacies, so you can focus on delivering a streamlined user experience.
  • Diversify your revenue streams: Participating in utility managed charging programs and grid flexibility markets opens up new revenue opportunities. This strengthens your bottom line with innovative, revenue-generating opportunities.
  • Enable hardware interoperability: Integrate EVs, EVSEs, solar panels, batteries, and inverters into a cohesive energy ecosystem that prioritizes charging with clean energy. This empowers your customers to manage their energy use more efficiently, leading to greater satisfaction and long-term loyalty.

By embedding ev.energy’s services directly into your products, you can deliver seamless energy management solutions based on your unique product requirements that open new revenue opportunities and strengthen your position in the rapidly evolving EV market.

The Benefits for Fleet Management Platforms

As fleet operators transition to electric vehicles, optimized energy management is becoming more crucial than ever. 

For vendors offering fleet management platforms, ev.energy’s SDK  provides seamless access to smart charging solutions that can be integrated directly into your software, helping fleet operators manage their EVs more effectively, reduce energy costs, and meet sustainability goals.


Caption: Fleet platforms can now incorporate real-time data from electric vehicles and chargers

Here’s how our API empowers you to support fleet managers:

  • Provide real-time fleet charging insights: Leverage vehicle data to help customers track and understand energy usage. By integrating this data into your platform, you enable fleet managers to optimize operations, reduce energy expenditures, and enhance overall efficiency.
  • Streamline cost tracking and reimbursement: Automate electricity cost calculations and reimbursement management, enabling take-home fleet managers to accurately reimburse drivers for their home electricity costs while minimizing the administrative burden within your platform.
  • Leverage real-time asset insights: Offer fleet managers real-time data on vehicle performance, location, and charging behavior. This enables more strategic decision-making, helping fleet operators minimize downtime and improve operational efficiency.
  • Enable enrollment in utility charging programs: Add value for your fleet customers by allowing them to easily find, enroll in, and claim incentives for utility managed EV charging programs. This saves them money, reduces their carbon footprint, and reinforces grid reliability.

With ev.energy’s API integrated into your fleet management platform, you can offer your clients a robust energy ecosystem that reduces costs, improves fleet performance, and supports their sustainability goals.

ev.energy: Your Partner in Delivering Smart Energy Solutions

At ev.energy, we’re working to empower utilities, auto OEMs, fleet platforms, and other e-mobility providers to deliver smart charging solutions tailored to their unique goals. Whether you choose to use our API to build your own branded experience or use our app or white-label solution, we’re here to support you in enhancing your brand’s offerings.

By collaborating with ev.energy, you can quickly and confidently deliver market-leading smart energy solutions that align with your objectives and enhance customer satisfaction.

Ready to enhance your branded app with industry-leading smart charging capabilities? Get in touch to book your demo today!

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