Electric Vehicle (EV) charging platform Monta and climate-tech startup Electricity Maps have joined forces to reduce the carbon impact EV owners have when charging.
Data collected over the last 12 months across Monta SmartCharge app users has shown that almost 70,000 SmartCharge sessions were optimised for cleaner, greener charging.
Each charge avoided an average of 203g of CO2. In comparison, a “regular” SmartCharge session that’s just price-optimised avoids an average of just 37g – this is a 4.5X reduction in CO2 impact in every single charge.
Through the strategic partnership, Monta SmartCharge app users can charge their EVs when energy is the cheapest, but also when the carbon intensity of electricity is lower and production from sustainable energy sources is higher.
The integration of carbon intensity data from Electricity Maps makes the combination of both price and emissions reduction variables possible, which is very different from most other Smart Charging algorithms which only consider ‘price’ variables.
During the first quarter of 2024, the number of people choosing to charge this way rose by 48%, which is evidence of consumer demand for a greener, cleaner future of EV charging, it claimed.
Alok Dubey, Regional Director, Strategic Sales – West at Monta, said:
“We entered this partnership to enhance EV charging with a focus on reducing carbon emissions and what we have achieved is to provide users with the freedom to set their SmartCharge preferences based on what is most important to them – CO2 intensity, charging from renewable energy, or price.“
Olivier Corradi, CEO and Founder of Electricity Maps said:
“Electricity Maps is proud to partner with Monta to drive a cleaner future for transportation. We’re excited to see that by providing forecasted carbon intensity data to their SmartCharge algorithm, we’re jointly empowering EV drivers to make informed decisions leading to significant reductions in their emissions.”
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