How does Amber for EVs work if I have a home battery and solar as well?

We are not yet at the point where we offer holistic smart management of both your EV charging and battery but we are working towards this.

If you have a compatible battery you can take advantage of both Amber for EVs and the SmartShift™ battery automation.

Please note currently your EV charging will not be split out from your home usage on the live power flow page on the Amber app. 
 

1. Don’t charge my EV from my battery!

EV charging can drain your home battery. In Your Charging Controls, you can activate a toggle so Amber won’t use your home battery energy to charge your EV.

When battery coordination is toggled on and your EV wants to charge, Amber will automatically put your battery into Preserve Charge to avoid it draining to charge the EV.

If there’s a price spike and it’s lucrative to export battery energy, EV charging should automatically stop (based on your Charging Rules). It may take a minute or two to stop charging.
 

2. I want to choose where my solar goes.

Your home battery charges first from solar power. Once your battery is fully charged or charging at maximum rate, excess solar will flow to your EV.

Solar curtailment: automatically reduces solar production when feed-in tariffs are negative. This is automatically disabled during excess solar charging to allow your EV to use excess solar instead.

Excess solar charging: charges your EV when excess solar is available and stops charging when excess solar ends. This requires your solar inverter to be enrolled in Amber for Batteries.