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Dynamic pricing is something we’ve become accustomed to in taxis: higher demand means higher rates. But what if the same logic were used to determine the cost of charging at electric vehicle charging stations? This is already being tried in the regions.
The BatteryFly network has launched a pilot project: in Grodno, Mogilev, Smolevichi, and Orsha, the cost of charging electric vehicles is determined using artificial intelligence. The lower the demand during a given period, the cheaper the price. This is determined based on historical station occupancy data.
Charging costs range from 0.45 to 0.65 rubles per 1 kWh.
— Although the new tariffs allow for savings on fast charging, they are designed to solve a much more complex problem: convincing people to arrive when demand is low. Then we will be able to avoid queues and create more convenience for electric vehicle owners. In other words, this is a mechanism for evenly distributing traffic throughout the day. Some will arrive earlier and save, others will charge later at the base rates,— they say at BatteryFly.
You can find out tariffs for different hours and days in the service’s app. In it, you need to select a specific charging station and look at the occupancy graph—prices will vary at different times.
Quiet hours depend on the station, day of the week, and time of day. For example, in Orsha on Monday after 11:00 PM, charging costs between 0.45 and 0.48 rubles per 1 kWh, and on Saturday at 12:00 PM – 59 kopecks.
The company says that the reduced rates will not necessarily apply only at late hours: in a week, the quiet hours may change, since a lower rate may increase the load, and a higher one may decrease it.
