SMARTCAR FOR EVS
The API for electric vehicles
EV charging networks, electric utilities, and other businesses use Smartcar to locate electric vehicles, retrieve the state of charge, and control charging with simple API requests.
Your API for EV battery and charging
Our collection of API endpoints allows you to retrieve EV data and manage charging in a blink.
EV battery level
Retrieve the state of charge (SoC) and remaining range from an EV.
EV charging status
Know whether an electric vehicle is currently plugged in and charging.
EV start & stop charge
Remotely start and stop charging an EV.
EV battery capacity
Read the capacity of an electric car battery.
EV charge limit
Preserve battery health by managing charge limits for EVs.
Why Smartcar?
One API for 100+ EV models
In addition to millions of gasoline vehicles, Smartcar lets you connect with 100+ EV models across 29 brands in North America and Europe.
No hardware
Our APIs communicate directly with the embedded cellular modem built into most electric vehicles.
Easy vehicle onboarding
With Smartcar Connect, EV owners can link their cars to your web or mobile app in just a few clicks.
Friendly documentation
Our extensive docs, SDKs, and API reference allow you to integrate Smartar in just a few weeks.
World-class support
Our Customer Success team is always here for you via email, phone, and live chat.
Trusted & secure
Our APIs are encrypted with bank-grade SSL/TLS 1.2 and compliant with the OAuth2 authorization protocol.
Compatible with your EV
Smartcar allows you to integrate with the following battery-electric (BEV) and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV). For information regarding internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, please visit our compatible vehicles page.
How to use Smartcar’s EV APIs
Energy & utility providers
Manage your customers’ residential EV charging to best balance electric grid load.
EV charging networks
Provide estimated charging times, automatic charging schedules, and EV trip planning in your app.
What our customers say
“Thanks to Smartcar's integration, our smart energy management app, ALICE, can seamlessly support over 60 EV models.”
“Smartcar is making it easier than ever for us to build new and innovative mobility experiences with connected vehicles.”
“We chose Smartcar’s vehicle APIs to augment our EV Everywhere product capabilities, advancing our mission of promoting sustainable energy solutions for the energy and transportation sectors.”
“When looking for an electric vehicle API provider, Smartcar was the only option to fit the bill. Instead of calling out to tons of different vehicle APIs, we only need to call out to one.”
“Smartcar has enabled us to level up our EV Managed Charging platform for electric utilities by filling an important technology gap — connecting to the vehicle.”
“Not only does the Smartcar platform provide amazing technology, but their team also helped us integrate in just a few weeks, which enabled us to scale incredibly fast!”
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