Solutions · EV charging
An EV is the biggest flexible load in most homes. SolanIQ now brings it into the optimiser — connect an OCPP smart charger, or declare sessions on any charger — so your car and your battery stop competing for the same electrons.
Two ways to connect
Pick the mode that matches your hardware. You can switch later from the EV Charger card in your dashboard.
If your charger speaks OCPP — the open protocol most smart wallboxes support — SolanIQ connects to it directly. It sees every session live and schedules charging into cheap price windows and surplus solar, alongside your battery plan.
No OCPP? Tell SolanIQ your charger’s current and phases, then declare a session when you plug in. The optimiser knows the extra load is your car, and your session history builds up automatically.
Why it matters
Without coordination, plugging in your EV looks like your house suddenly needing 11 kW — and a battery optimiser will happily empty itself trying to cover it. SolanIQ treats the car as its own load and plans everything together.
An 11 kW car charger can outdraw a home battery several times over. Because SolanIQ knows that load is the car, it plans the battery around the session instead of draining it into your EV.
EV sessions are kept separate from your household usage, so a big charging night doesn’t skew tomorrow’s forecast of how much power your home needs.
With an OCPP charger, SolanIQ moves charging into the cheapest windows — overnight lows, negative-price middays on Amber, or GloBird’s free-power hours.
Solar-only mode charges the car from excess generation that would otherwise be exported for a few cents — or curtailed when feed-in prices go negative.
Your EV appears in the live power flow next to solar, battery, home and grid, and every session is logged with its date, energy and duration.
Running late or leaving early? Extend a declared session by an hour, change its end time or mark it finished — the optimiser re-plans straight away.
Setup · OCPP charger
Look in your charger’s app or installer settings for OCPP, “backend”, “central system” or a CSMS URL. On some models these settings are in the installer app, so your electrician may need to help.
Sign in at app.solaniq.ai, open your site and find theEV Charger card. Tap the pencil icon, choose an OCPP charger and SolanIQ shows the connection details for your charger.
Enter those details into your charger’s OCPP settings and save. Within a minute or so the EV Charger card shows the charger as connected, with its live status and power.
SolanIQ schedules charging alongside your battery plan, around cheap prices and surplus solar. Prefer the car to run on sunshine only? Switch on solar-only mode.
Setup · Manual charger
Manual mode works with any charger — a basic wallbox, a portable charger or a standard power point. You tell SolanIQ when the car is charging; it does the rest.
On the EV Charger card, tap the pencil icon, choose a manual charger and enter its current and phases — for example 16 A / 3-phase. SolanIQ works out the maximum power (11.0 kW in that case).
When you plug in, declare the session and set roughly when it will finish. The card showsEV charging declared with the power, end time and an estimate of the energy delivered so far.
Use + 1 hour or Change end time if plans change, andStopped charging when you unplug. Each session lands inRecent Sessions with its date, energy and duration.
EV charging FAQ
Check its app or installer settings for “OCPP”, “backend”, “central system” or “CSMS URL”, or search your charger’s manual. Many popular home wallboxes support it, sometimes after a firmware update. If yours doesn’t, use manual mode.
Most chargers connect to one OCPP backend at a time, so pointing yours at SolanIQ can replace the manufacturer’s cloud for scheduling. Check your charger’s documentation, and email us if you’re unsure about your model.
They’re estimates. SolanIQ works them out from your charger’s rated power and how long the session ran, which is why they’re shown with a “~”. Cars slow down as they near full, so real usage can be a little lower.
No. EV charging is included in your SolanIQ subscription.
New to SolanIQ? Start with the user guide to connect your battery and electricity plan, then add your EV charger from the dashboard.
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