Vehicle Commands (Legacy)
Charge Limit
Set the charge limit of an electric vehicle.
POST
Remote commands are now available in API v3. We recommend using v3 for new command integrations. Commands remain available in v2.0 until it is deprecated.
Permission
control_charge
Request
Pathstring
required
The vehicle ID of the vehicle you are making a request to.
number
required
The level at which the vehicle should stop charging and be considered fully charged.
Cannot be less than
0.5, or greater than 1.Response
string
If the request is successful, Smartcar will return “success” (HTTP 200 status).
string
If the request is successful, Smartcar will return a message (HTTP 200 status).
Notes
This endpoint will return aCHARGING_PLUG_NOT_CONNECTED error if
the OEM is unable to set a charge limit while the vehicle is unpluged.
Ford and LincolnIf a vehicle starts charging as a result of a start charge request it will always charge to 100% if the charging location has a schedule in place. Charging schedules on the vehicle can be read through the
Charge.ChargeTimers signal.
BMW and MINIVehicle needs to be on OS Version 8+

