Emulate Energy’s partnership with Smartcar provides a comprehensive solution for integrating electric vehicles (EVs) as distributed energy resources.
- With Smartcar’s API platform, Emulate Energy automates data retrieval to optimise EV charging schedules.
- This partnership aims to balance grid demand by using EV charging flexibility, enhancing reliability.
- Emulate’s scalable solution is designed for quick implementation without taxing engineering resources.
- The collaboration between Emulate and Smartcar is set to simplify EV onboarding, aiding long-term adoption.
In an innovative development, Emulate Energy has formed a strategic partnership with Smartcar, the renowned API platform for mobility businesses. This alliance seeks to integrate electric vehicles (EVs) into Emulate’s distributed energy resource management system (DERMS), offering energy providers a robust tool to manage and optimise various consumer distributed energy resources (DERs). The collaboration focuses on leveraging EV charging flexibility to balance grid demand, reduce peak usage, and enhance overall grid dependability.
Smartcar plays a critical role by automating the retrieval of EV data, allowing Emulate Energy to streamline the optimisation of charging schedules according to various pricing factors. Consumers can specify their desired charging settings, leaving the software to handle the rest, thereby ensuring a seamless user experience. This reliable EV integration is essential, enabling customers to use a single platform to register and control multiple devices efficiently.
As Blake Davis, Senior Director of US Operations at Emulate Energy, asserts, ‘Emulate aspires to connect to and control every energy device possible… for EVs specifically, Smartcar makes it super easy to connect to vehicles regardless of manufacturer and model.’ This highlights the partnership’s role in providing a scalable solution that can be swiftly integrated without straining technological resources. Smartcar assures precise and timely actions, such as checking an EV’s charge status and automatically initiating or halting charging sessions, compatible with over 35 EV brands. By seamlessly blending into Emulate’s onboarding solution, Smartcar eases engineering workloads and enhances the precision and speed of charging data communication.
The joint vision shared by Emulate and Smartcar is directed towards a future where distributed energy resources are more accessible and efficient. Sahas Katta, CEO and Co-founder of Smartcar, notes, ‘Emulate’s commitment to energy flexibility and reliability aligns perfectly with Smartcar’s mission…’ This partnership not only addresses challenges related to EV enrolment and retention in demand response programmes but also seeks to enhance EV participation and encourage long-term acceptance by simplifying onboarding processes, increasing reliability, and delivering a user-friendly experience for consumers.
Emulate Energy’s partnership with Smartcar marks a significant step towards efficient and scalable EV integration as a distributed energy resource, supporting a sustainable energy future.
