Essent: Making smart charging work for everyone
Essent serves more than 2.5 million households across the Netherlands, where over a third of new cars sold are now electric. When the company decided to launch a smart charging product, it faced the same challenge every energy retailer does: getting reliable access to EV and charger data across all the brands its customers actually drive.
Launching without the integration overhead
Rather than negotiate brand-by-brand integrations, Essent built on Enode — getting access to a broad device catalog on day one. The result was a smart charging product that worked for customers across every major EV and charger brand, launched without years of integration work.
“We see strong potential to bundle energy contracts with other e-mobility products. To do that successfully, every EV and charger brand needs to be able to connect in an easy and effortless manner.”
Real savings at scale
Thousands of EV drivers already use Slim Laden, and those who do save up to 300 euros a year by shifting charging to the cheapest and greenest hours. It is a reason to stay with Essent that has nothing to do with the price of a kilowatt-hour.
€300
Largest yearly saving per customer through smart charging