€150 for participating in research in "flexible electric vehicle charging"

Sure, as long as my schedule is always between 2 and 5am 😂

they want access to my VW account via another crowd called Smartcar... too many security breach red flags me thinks!

What are those events that you need to take part in at least 50% of? I hope it is not any paid for public charging as I rarely do that, almost all my one day trips are under about 330km which the car can do without charging. With any overnight trip I pretty much always charge for free overnight

And even if they could control my home charging (they can't of course), that's fine, but I will be sending them a massive bill if they charge even 1 unit outside of the 2AM to 5AM slot that costs 5c / kWh 😁

Is that not what 150 euro is for — eg you normally charge car at 5c. but due to this scheme one day you charge from 5-7pm at some stupid 30c+ rate. either that or they should of offered 150 PLUS compensation for any charging done outside your normal charging rat period.

Easiest for people on a 24hr rate as then it will make no difference when they charge!

No use to me anyway as neither of my cars on the list!

I assume as they seem to be getting major access to your online accounts associated with specific car brands they could see that yes for the preceding X weeks you only ever charged between 2-6 am due to being on plan A from supplier Y — that assumes the various online car brands store that sort of information.

Neither have I, but I do have an interest in getting a free €150 😁 But seriously, this shortens the pay back period of my current systems and / or frees up cash for any new investments in going even more renewable.

And big bonus if participating helps bring forward flexible electricity tariffs in Ireland. Or at least a pilot project. Ireland is, as usual, years behind.