Public & destination charging
Charging that has to pay for itself
A public site earns only when the port works, the payment completes, and the driver could find it in the first place. Those are three separate problems, and none of them are solved by the hardware.
Priced per port, per month · Revenue share on public sessions only
A broken port is invisible until someone complains
Public charging is judged on one question: did it work when a stranger arrived? Nobody who drives away from a dead charger files a report. They just do not come back, and the site quietly earns less than the model said it would.
The failures are mundane. A port drops off the network and goes unnoticed for a week. A payment fails at the moment of truth. A price set on the day of installation stops making sense when energy costs move. None of these are hardware faults, which is why buying better hardware does not fix them.
Four things a paid site cannot run without
The first three are in the base platform. OCPI roaming is a paid module, switched on per site and quoted as its own line.
Faults reach you first
Live status on every port with alerts on faults and disconnections, so a dead charger becomes a maintenance ticket instead of a review.
Payment that completes
Take payment through Stripe and have the revenue withdrawn to your account automatically. No kiosk to maintain and nothing to reconcile by hand.
Pricing you can actually change
Price by energy, by time, by session, or a combination — and vary it per site or per time of day when your own costs move.
Drivers who are not yours
OCPI roaming exposes your ports to partner networks, so a driver holding someone else's app can still charge and the settlement is handled between platforms. It is a paid module, switched on per site.
What a public site usually looks like
Starting points, not rules. The survey is what turns these into a specification.
- Charger type
- DC where drivers are passing through, AC where they are staying Dwell time decides this, not ambition. A motorway stop and a hotel car park are different sites even when the sign outside says the same thing.
- How many ports
- As many as the connection carries and the bays you can afford to lose Two DC ports that always work beat six that intermittently do not. Utilization reporting tells you when to add the next one.
- Access model
- Open to anyone, by app or RFID Per-site rules let you keep a bay back for staff or tenants on the same hardware, without a second installation.
- Pricing model
- Per kWh, with idle fees where bays get blocked An idle fee is the only thing that reliably moves a finished car off a fast charger.
The Platform plan, plus a share of public revenue
A public site pays the Platform rate per port, per month, with no upfront license fee and no lock-in; DC fast ports carry a higher rate than AC. Everything a public site needs to take payment is in the base platform; roaming is a paid module on top.
- Public and paid charging, tariffs, and Stripe payments with automated withdrawals are in the base platform
- OCPI roaming, load management per site, and AI analytics for chargers are paid modules, switched on per site and quoted as their own line
- Email support is in the base; Enterprise adds a dedicated contact with an SLA, which matters when a public fault costs money while it is open
On top of the subscription, a share of session revenue applies to public paid sessions, with the percentage confirmed at quote. Stripe processing fees are passed through at cost and never marked up.
Platform
Priced per port, per month, with no upfront license fee. Quoted for your mix of ports and sites, in writing, within one business day.
Get pricingWhat people ask about this
How do drivers pay?
Through the app with a card on file, charged automatically when the session ends. Payment runs through Stripe rather than through us, so card details never reach our systems, and the standard processing fee is passed through at cost. There is no payment terminal on the pedestal to break, get rained on, or need servicing.
What happens when a charger goes offline?
You get an alert. The charger itself holds its configuration and keeps charging any car already plugged in, then reconciles those sessions when the connection comes back, so a network outage does not become a refund conversation.
Can drivers from other networks use my chargers?
Yes, through the OCPI roaming module, which is switched on per site and quoted as its own line. Your ports become visible to roaming partners, their drivers charge with the app they already have, and the money is settled between the platforms rather than by you.
Can I charge different prices at different sites?
Yes. Tariffs are set per site, and can vary by time of day, by user group, or by session as well as by energy. A retail park during opening hours and the same park overnight can be priced differently.
How does the revenue share work?
It applies to public paid sessions only — private and workplace charging on the same account is not included. The percentage is set in your quote, which also shows the per-port rate for your mix of ports.
Tell us about the site
Where it is, what the parking looks like, and how long cars stay. That is enough for a first useful answer about what belongs there.