Crowd Charge launches new smart charging app

A new smart charging app at has been launched which will charge a customer’s vehicle at the cheapest and greenest time depending on their current tariff. The Crowd Charge app works in real-time and shows how much electricity is used by an EV and the price of the energy.
 
The platform is said to deliver potential savings of 30% on an EV owner’s electricity bill.
 
The Crowd Charge platform was developed in conjunction with academics from the University of Reading and tested on the Electric Nation smart charging trial.

The app uses advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence to provide optimised charging sessions for EV owners. It can work with any EV, any charge point (subject to data access being provided), any energy supplier and any energy tariff.
 
Crowd Charge also offers Vehicle to Grid (V2G) charging for homes and workplaces. V2G has the opportunity to go further and generate revenue for EV owners by selling energy back to the grid at times of peak demand. V2G could give an EV owner income of £500 per year.
 
The Crowd Charge platform will be able to connect and manage large numbers of EV batteries using V2G chargers, to act as one large battery to support the grid. This will help to avoid the need for non-renewable sources of power to be used at times of peak energy demand. V2G could play a vital role in decentralisation and the greening of the UK electricity supply chain.