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What is the price per kWh for other household consumption and how does that compare to other contracts?

11 September, 2025

Comparing European V2G offers

Now that more details are known about the three V2G propositions (🇩🇪BMW / E.ON, 🇫🇷 Mobilize / Renault / The Mobility House Energy, 🇬🇧 Octopus Energy) currently available or...

How can we align the stars for V2G in Europe?

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EV charging station on Amsterdam's canals

22 August, 2025

Door ‘slim laden’ verhuist de stroompiek naar de nacht

Duidelijke grafiek uit een artikel vandaag in de Volkskrant, over het slim laden-project van ANWB, Equans Nederland en Deftpower op publieke laadpunten in Amsterdam. Deelnemende EV-rijders profiteren...

22 May, 2025

EV drivers are highly responsive to public charging price signals. A 40% price reduction led to a 117% increase in charging demand.

It’s great to see the results of a field trial of dynamic pricing for public charging! Centre for Net Zero (Octopus Energy Group) worked with charging app provider (or MSP in e-mobility jargon)...

Chart showing EV charging shifted to align with solar and wind generation peaks over a day

19 May, 2025

« Mieux synchroniser la recharge avec la disponibilité d’électricité »

« Mieux synchroniser la recharge avec la disponibilité d’électricité » (better synchronise charging with the availability of electricity) is one of France’s new stated goals for the...

12 May, 2025

How smart charging works at public charging points, for users and for the energy system

How smart charging works at public charging points, for users and for the energy system: by giving users control and benefits, and focusing on shifting, not curtailing. Shifting 60-70% of public EV...

28 March, 2025

A new easy way to benefit from the flexibility of EV charging at City of Amsterdam’s on-street EV charging points

A new easy way to benefit from the flexibility of EV charging at City of Amsterdam’s on-street EV charging points was officially launched yesterday. At 3,000 charging points managed...

06 December, 2024

GRIDS & BENEFITS

This week I attended the GRIDS & BENEFITS event organised by UnternehmerTUM and project partners. The huge potential of EV batteries for the energy system was highlighted by The Mobility...

Screenshot of a NOS news article headlined “Grid operator: don’t charge electric cars between 4 and 9 pm”

27 February, 2024

Wat is er nodig voor een slim-ladenaanpak die deugt?

Nederland is één van de koplopers in Europa met elektrische auto’s en laadpalen. Tegelijk knelt het net op sommige plekken en uren. Bovenstaand NOS-artikel van deze morgen schetst de situatie....

Multipliers amplify inputs into beneficial user and system outcomes.

05 February, 2024

Will you pay to charge, or will EV charging pay you? AFIR and Europe’s smart charging ambitions

My previous two posts on paying for electric vehicle charging in AFIR (the European Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation) were about payment method and price transparency. Those...

Les recommandations de la CRE pour accompagner le déploiement de la mobilité électrique

14 December, 2023

French energy regulator’s recommendations for electric mobility

The French energy regulator, CRE – Commission de régulation de l’énergie, has published an interesting set of recommendations to guide the development of electric mobility. Overall, the...

Paper-craft city scene with buildings, trees, an electric car, a charging point and clouds

11 April, 2023

Flex and the city: Cities need dynamic pricing for public charging

Flex and the city: Cities need dynamic pricing for public charging Providing EV users reliant on public charging services with equal opportunities is vital for the decarbonisation of...

26 August, 2022

EV smart charging: A golden opportunity for distribution system operators

EV smart charging tariffs and services in Europe have grown rapidly in the last two years. Improving tariff design to include grid conditions can provide distribution system operators with...

A wooden cloud hanging against a green background

07 February, 2022

Europe needs smart charging of all EVs now

As sales of electric vehicles continue to rise, smart charging needs to be the standard. In fact, without smart charging as the default, costs for the energy system will increase unnecessarily,...

05 November, 2021

EU’s buildings directive should give EV owners the right to a smart plug

Smart EV charging receives little attention in the debate around the energy performance of buildings. However, with a ‘right to plug’, buildings can spearhead the transition towards clean...

A Dutch home meter cupboard with fuse box and smart meter

07 September, 2021

Trust, not control: Germany, EVs and the power of consumer choice

Faced with the challenge of integrating electric vehicles without jeopardising power system reliability, Germany’s federal energy ministry started work with distribution system operators on a new...

Wooden model of an EV charging point with a plug

12 March, 2021

De elektrische truck: goed laadplan kan veel geld besparen

Tijdens de pandemie zijn we veel meer thuis én bestellen we meer online. De bestelbussen in de straat zijn daarom een steeds zichtbaarder onderdeel van de logistieke keten. De meeste CO2-uitstoot...