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Smart power supply for your electric car: Benefit now from low exchange prices that are passed on directly to customers via dynamic electricity tariffs.

Rabot Charge

The following content comes from the FAQ section of our partner Rabot Charge. Do you want to go directly to the overview? Click here to go directly to the  FAQ Rabot Charge.
Rabot.charge makes it possible to charge electric cars automatically at ideal times using the app. To ensure this, our algorithm checks the current prices on the energy exchange every 15 minutes. The charging process is started as soon as the green electricity prices are particularly low. In the preference settings, you can specify flexibly when the car should be charged to the desired state of charge and rabot.charge will take care of the rest.
On the energy exchange, customers can purchase electricity from the generators. The price is always based on the level of supply and demand. The supply of renewable energy varies, for example, depending on the availability of strong winds or solar radiation.
Demand also changes. It is usually lowest at night and then increases during the day. Most electricity is needed in the evenings, as most consumers are at home at that time.

Negative electricity prices are regularly occurring periods where you receive money instead of paying when you buy electricity. 

They arise when the electricity supply exceeds demand and there is therefore a risk of overloading the grid. The reason for an oversupply may be that volatile power generators such as wind turbines and photovoltaic systems generate a disproportionate amount of energy due to strong winds or sunlight, which is then fed into the electricity grid.

With smart electricity meter

Billing takes place monthly based on your actual consumption data and the hourly exchange electricity price. In the first two months, you will have two fixed payments that correspond to the rate offered when you signed your contract.

Without a smart electricity meter

If you do not have a smart electricity meter, we use statistics on the average consumption of household customers (including standard load profile (SLP)), which are provided to RABOT Charge by the exit grid, to calculate your consumption. Based on this, RABOT Charge assumes hourly consumption values and purchases the electricity on the exchange. The prices obtained are passed on to you. After the regular meter reading (usually annually), the load profile is reconciled with the actual consumption and settlement takes place in which the (dynamic) advance payments are offset.

The switching process takes about three weeks. Since several parties are involved in switching electricity provider (grid, old supplier, RABOT Charge), there may be delays that are outside the influence of RABOT Charge. As soon as the automated changeover process has been successfully completed, you will receive the electricity supply contract from RABOT Charge with the final start of delivery.