EV Charging API
Remotely manage EV charging
Check the charging status and charge electric vehicles with simple API requests.
Charging status
Check whether an EV’s charging cable is plugged in and charging.
Start or stop charge
Remotely start or stop charging a battery electric (BEV) or plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV).
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const smartcar = require('smartcar');
// Get all vehicles associated with this access token
const {vehicles} = await smartcar.getVehicles("<access-token>");
// Construct a new vehicle instance using the first vehicle's id
const vehicle = new smartcar.Vehicle(vehicles[0], "<access-token>");
// Fetch the vehicle's charging status
const charge = await vehicle.charge();
// Start the vehicle's charging session
await vehicle.startCharge();// Example http response from Smartcar (charging status)
{
"isPluggedIn": true,
"state":"FULLY_CHARGED"
}
// Example http response from Smartcar (start charge)
{
"status": "success"
}Product features
Compatible with 33 car brands
Friendly user consent flow
Works on 2015 and newer vehicles
Trusted & secure
Retrieve live data and trigger live actions
SDKs for Go, Java, Node.js, Python, and Ruby
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