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Depleting your HV battery isn't possible!! Mr MG along with his mates at Mr Tesla, Nissan, Renault and all EV manufacturers have made sure that 0% isn't 0% or a flat battery! At 0% there is about 4% of capacity left, some allow for more some have less, in the battery. It is the same a 100%...

What you actually wrote is factually all over the place! I think you are correctly trying to say that the charge rate is not defined by the api but by a voltage trigger on the CP pin within the Type 2 plug. But this voltage trigger can be controlled by the api data received from the car's BMS...

First off, test drive a range of electric cars to find one that 'does it for you'! Age of you house isn't important! You could have a barn conversion built in the 18th century, owning an EV is more down to off street parking and whether your electricity supply is capable of having 7Kw drawn off...

Not completely correct I'm afraid. It does talk to the car through the manufacturers api! You are correct that that the actual control of the charging is via the pins in the charging lead, but that control is manifested by the data the car sends to the car manufacturers server and the api within...

Not that expensive! It is only a portal from their server, nothing very onerous. Octopus permit us to use their api, as do Jaguar Land Rover! Tesla of course do as well! I believe Mercedes do as well. It is very useful for businesses.

As I said they have an APi, that is how iSmart gets its information, but not released it as open source, to us the owners!

The API that MG use for the MG iSmart app to work!! In very simple terms the API is the software in the server, SAIC in MG's case, that takes the car's information, temp, doors open or closed, windows open or closed, unlock etc. and sends it to the iSmart app. All cars that have am app use the...