If your priority is to use all available solar surplus for your EV, you have two options. First, you can manually initiate a "boost" charge in your Charger app, which uses all available solar energy (and often some grid electricity) to charge your EV at maximum power. Alternatively, you can configure Time-of-Use settings in your home energy storage system to either prioritize or bypass the storage when charging your car. These settings must be adjusted in your solar power system's app provided by your vendor, as they cannot be accessed via the Charger app.

If your dynamic energy tariff incentivizes charging during times of the day when electricity prices are lowest (typically at night) but you want to avoid depleting your home energy storage for the next morning, you can configure Time-of-Use settings in your home energy storage system. These settings allow you to limit or prevent the use of your energy storage for EV charging during the night. As with other configurations, these adjustments can only be made in your vendor's solar power system app, not in the Charger app.

If you use special technical equipment, such as a smart plug, smart fuse, or other hardware connected to your HEMS to influence the physical electricity supply to the Charger, please note that this can disrupt the Charger’s regular operation. This may lead to inconsistencies in charging your EV and could impact the performance of your PV system.

If you own a HEMS and want to influence how much solar energy reaches your EV, keep in mind that fundamental prioritizations and settings for connected and undefined energy consumers in your household can only be made in the HEMS. Your EV and Charger are treated as a single, undefined device that operates independently from the HEMS App. To control how much solar energy is allocated to the Charger, you’ll need to adjust Time-of-Use settings or prioritize devices in the HEMS. For example, by lowering the priority, setting idle mode, or setting a state-of-charge limit for your home energy storage. These settings can only be configured in your HEMS app and not in the Charger app.

If you use a dynamic energy tariff to optimize grid electricity costs, your tariff rewards energy consumption during periods when electricity prices are lowest. Some HEMS systems can optimize energy usage based on these tariffs. Although the Charger 2 cannot be directly connected to the HEMS, it includes the price optimized charging feature, which independently follows similar optimization logic. This allows you to lower electricity costs for your car and other household devices. You can configure your home energy devices through the HEMS app, while price optimized charging for your EV is accessible directly through the Charger app.