Connected device company Humax is joining hands with U.K. electric vehicle payment platform Rightcharge to target the corporate electric vehicle charging settlement market.
Humax said on the 30th that it formed a partnership with Rightcharge and unveiled an integrated electric vehicle charging solution aimed at the U.K. business-to-business (B2B) fleet market.
Until now, when executives and employees used home chargers, it was difficult to distinguish the charging expense for company cars from that for personal vehicles, so corporations had to manually split and settle the costs. Settlement errors and administrative burdens arising in this process have been cited as major problems.
The core of this solution is to automatically distinguish and settle the charging expense for company cars and personal vehicles in a home charging environment.
The Humax MX7 charger applies PLC (power-line communication) technology based on ISO 15118, the international standard for secure communication between electric vehicles and chargers, to automatically recognize the vehicle's unique identification information as soon as the charging cable is connected. The Rightcharge platform uses this information to automatically separate company car charging expense from personal vehicle charging expense and settles the amount precisely so the company pays only what it actually owes.
MX7 is compatible with a range of vehicles and comes with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) bidirectional charging, certification from the U.K. Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV), and a five-year warranty.
A Humax official said, "This solution technically addresses the issue of distinguishing expenses between company cars and personal vehicles in executives' and employees' home charging environments, and helps improve the efficiency of corporations' vehicle operations and expense management," adding, "Based on an integrated structure that connects charging, authentication, and settlement, we plan to expand from the U.K. into the European fleet market."