Electric Miles vs ICS2.0Lite

Electric Miles offers a versatile and all-encompassing platform for managing electric vehicle charging needs, whether at home or in a business environment. With cutting-edge features that optimise energy consumption, reduce costs, and ensure a seamless user experience, Electric Miles is ideal for both individual users and businesses aiming to efficiently manage and monetise their EV charging services. Home Charging Solution Electric Miles presents a robust home EV charging solution that includes smart charging algorithms, solar integration, and dynamic tariff management to maximise cost savings and energy efficiency. Key Features: Smart charging: Advanced algorithms enable charging during off-peak hours, reducing energy costs and optimising consumption. Users can personalise their charging preferences for a tailored experience. Solar charging: Integration with home solar systems allows users to utilise renewable energy for EV charging, offering a sustainable and cost-effective option. Tariff integration: Supports single, peak, and agile tariffs, automating charging at the cheapest times to minimise energy costs. User management: Allows multiple users to access a single account with personalised settings, ideal for households with multiple users requiring custom schedules. Multi-location support: Manage chargers at different locations, such as home and workplace, with independent schedules and settings, providing flexibility for users with multiple properties. Business Charging Solutions Electric Miles also offers tailored solutions for private and commercial businesses, ensuring flexibility, control, and the potential to monetise charging services efficiently. 1. Private Business Solution Designed for small businesses, this solution provides secure management of private charging networks, offering ease of access and robust control. Secure charger access management: Authorise users (e.g., employees, customers) through secure methods like unique codes or mobile app authentication to control charger usage. Multi-location support: Manage multiple charging sites independently, ensuring flexibility for businesses with various locations. History tracking and export: Track charging history across all users and locations, with export options for simplified administrative and financial management. 2. Commercial Business Solution Perfect for larger commercial sites, this solution enables businesses to monetise their charging services effectively. It provides users with seamless access to paid charging options while offering comprehensive management tools via a secure web dashboard. Tailored tariffs: Set customised pricing for different user groups such as employees, customers, and guests to maximise revenue potential while maintaining competitive rates. Secure payment options: Integrated with debit and credit card transactions, ensuring a seamless and secure payment experience for all users. Control access to charging network: Restrict charger access to authorised users only, ensuring the secure use of the network. Optimise charging availability: Set operating hours to manage when chargers are accessible, optimising energy use and ensuring availability during peak times. Dynamic pricing: Adjust tariffs dynamically based on peak and off-peak hours to encourage usage during optimal times, maximising both revenue and cost savings. Comprehensive transaction management: Monitor transactions, track payments, and access detailed revenue reports, payout summaries, and transaction histories in real-time through a secure web dashboard. Secure and intuitive interface: A user-friendly dashboard designed for security and ease of use, enabling businesses to navigate financial data confidently. We always love to hear from you. Contact us via support@electricmiles.co.uk today.

For installations that do not require ‘pay for use’ charging, fleet management, or sophisticated event-based load management for numerous charge stations, iCS provide a free to use software platform for configuring and using charge station(s) through a smartphone or tablet. The ICS2.0Lite software is preconfigured as standard to the intelligent range of iCS charge stations (excluding the ICSW7B) enabling straightforward connection through the WiFi hotspot created by the charge station. There are two distinct password-protected login areas for Engineer & Driver use. Engineer: The Engineer area allows for full configuration of the charge station for online or offline use. Many of the default settings will not require changing, however full flexibility of control is permitted. Driver: For Drivers to access this the charge station will need to be connected to the ICS2.0Lite backend. For greater connectivity options, many of the iCS intelligent charge stations now have added WiFi capability, resulting in a straightforward process by using the owner’s broadband connection. Subsequently, there is also the option to connect by Ethernet cable or with a data-only sim card. Once connected the software allows for full control of the charge station, including starting/stopping charge sessions, the timing of charge sessions to coincide with lower energy tariffs, and viewing of historic charge session information.