HYPERVOLT - The smartest way to charge | Fully Charged PLUS
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- Опубліковано 26 лис 2024
- We spoke to Flavian Alexandru, CEO and Founder of Hypervolt, about how they have used software to make EV home charging faster, simpler and smarter.
The Home 2.0 is Hypervolt's newest smart charger, packed full of advanced but easy-to-use features that allow users to schedule flexible charging via their phone, charge from solar and voice control their charging with Alexa.
Hypervolt is a deep tech company bringing a new approach to smart EV charging, focusing on powerful software, design, and user experience. The company and its products have 100% 5-star reviews on Trustpilot. Hypervolt Home 2.0 starts from £679, and is eligible for the OZEV grant as well as discounts for key workers and Blue Badge holders.
Find out more: hypervolt.co.uk/
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Got the Hypervolt. It’s excellent. The analytics and scheduling is very useful and the integration will be upgraded further with EV energy tariffs etc. The customer service is second to none. I’ve bounced emails with them, and Flavian himself in the middle of the night as I was also working late. The vision and passion behind this company is inspiring. I’m glad I didn’t go with the free bp pulse charger. The company that fitted it said half their time is spent repairing them. If you can afford to pay for a charger this is the one to get in my opinion.
Hypervolt should have paid you to do the interview.... the sales rep left to open questions unanswered.... good luck with it..
I’m impressed with the response speed on the app, but I still feel like we don’t need much from a home charger? Don’t know if I’m missing something. My Nissan Leaf has a setting in the car to set a timer. I get home, plug in and leave it till the morning, the car then accepts the charge between the set hours.
Hypervolt.:Got back to me... And had 2 points...
1st the primary reason it uses an internet connection is for owner who have a variable tariff/rate that is base real time demand... So the utility can vary charging times based on demand at lower tariff/rate. And within a time frame set the EV owner. Sorry if that a little confusing to follow.
Also in future versions it will allow a local connection (no protocol was given) for most functions. But no timetable was given for when the new version will be available.
They seen to be reacting customer demand for changes to it.
@@davyhoogy Some cars have no car scheduled charging in car setup have to rely on EV charger extra added option is Solar to use Eco Mode to utilise my Solar PV to charge at 1.4 kW for Free Solar energy. The choice of EV chargers in two years has increased with different options just has the choice of more EV vehicles for the purchaser
Can you use your own cable with the hypervault?
I have a Hypervolt and Flavian kindly sorted everything out, getting the installer to me and the unit installed in 17 days! Other companies wanted an upfront payment, wouldn't give me an install date and wouldn't answer any of my questions I put to them directly. I am so happy I went with this unit, Many thanks Flavian.
No companies should ask for upfront payments, its against the rules of their CPS provider (Niceic, Napit etc). Glad you like your Hypervolt they are excellent👍
The BEST customer service i've ever experienced. Hypervolt are going to make a huge impact on the EV market in the UK & Europe.
A simple as possible. My charger has no app, Wi-Fi, Cloud, Alexa nonsense. Its a 2012 charger which has never broken and works fine. The problem with electric vehicle ownership is the £50k SUV and not complicating home chargers.
And my charger was free.
It doesn’t need WiFi, gps, and be internet of things compliant. Or vacuum the garage while you’re sleeping. It’s a simple device, don’t complicate it so it can be fixed. Let it be, it’s fine as is.
Sorry for the rant,but this whole IOT’s is kinda annoying. I don’t need my shower head to text me that it’s ready. Not kidding look it up.
@@bigjim7103 yes I know, sell it for more, and then fix it later as well. Designed obsolescence and so on…
@@bigjim7103 nobody is forcing you to buy this, why would you care if other people want the ability to turn on their charger at 1am or from a different location? there is no downside for you
Im a Little baffled here. what is the innovative part of this, Schedules and fancy light is default in any consumer units now a days
It's not so much what it does now, but that it's essentially a PC and can do pretty much whatever they want it to by developing software for it.
Over the air updates. They pushed the solar update to it last week
Mine has OTA already. Don't see any innovation here.
@@mike.n.davies It doesn't in the same way. OTAs are automated with hypervolt, we have the ability push the updates automatically, which other products do not offer.
@@hypervoltev I always prefer to be in control of updates to any of my devices.
Why does controlling the brightness of the indicator have to go via the Cloud anyway?
I mean, seriously, you're showing off that you managed to get the pointless round trip to Ireland and back to be so fast... almost as fast as if, you know, the phone was just directly communicating with the box, without the pointless round trip. That's a bizarre kind of brag to make, really.
Here's the problem with the Cloud.
What guarantee do we have that your server will still be operating in, say, 5 years? Because if those servers aren't there, then the box can't do anything. You can't even change the brightness of the indicator.
If the Internet goes down in my area, then doesn't this mean I can't do anything with the box?
When you develop future products and improve your hardware, will your servers still support the older protocols that my older box uses? Or will we find, in 5 or 10 years' time, when you've moved to "version 3.0" that versions 1.0 and 2.0 now no longer work... and, basically, you can FORCE the upgrade cycle through such incompatibility.
Even if you claim you never would, then - via the Cloud - you absolutely could. So what guarantee or trust can a consumer have that when you move onto bigger and brighter things in the future, you don't just pull a "end of life" thing on us and make our box useless - planned obsolescence - unless we shell out yet more cash for the latest box?
And, no, you can't fix that trust issue by just getting your marketing department to say "we care" a lot. Prove it. Make the box 100% functional without any connection to any remote server, so even 20 years' later, it still works. Without being forced to upgrade, without being hedged into any "walled gardens", without dependence on the Internet connection actually working, without the pointless invasion of privacy that you guys know exactly what my indicator brightness setting is, etc.
I want a box that just works. I don't want a "box as a service".
Indeed, servers cost money to run, so you're now forcing me to consider your business model. Do I buy the box and then the server stuff is for free? Or am I paying a monthly subscription to be able to control the brightness of a light on the front of a box?
And even if you say "don't worry, it's free" then I've got to consider whether you're being realistic with your business model. Buying the box is a one-time cost, running servers is an on-going cost. Are you matching up your revenue to your costs properly here? And I have to consider this because, as mentioned, I need your servers to be still up and operational in 5 or 10 years' time, or the box I've bought stops working.
Indeed, if you've not costed and priced this thing properly, then will I rather inevitably face being steamrollered into buying "box version 2.0" because, like, you've got to make some cash to pay for all of this, and seeing as you've created a box that traps me into your ecosystem - as it doesn't work without your Cloud servers - then you hold the cards to just "end of life" my current product at any point, then force me to buy "box version 2.0" and "box version 3.0", every time you're a bit short of cash for running your servers and need a cash injection.
Also, your colour coded indicator? What if someone's colour blind?
Red and green, you say? Yeah, there's a type of colour blindness that'll make that impossible for them to see. Yes, there are different types of colour blindness. Have you even researched this topic at all, before you decided to put pretty lights on the box as the only method of knowing what it's doing?
Consider, instead, a series of lights on the front of the box. One's red, one's green, one's blue, etc. in the same way as now. But each light is in a different position on the box, so if you can't discern colour differences, then you can still easily see what's what by which light is on. And then, being separate lights, you can actually put a little bit of text above each light to say "error", "charging", "charged" - so you don't need an instruction booklet to explain the colours, the indicator lights are clearly labelled for what they mean.
"We're good with software"?
Yeah, you don't make that determination. We do. And don't have the marketing department tell us "we care" either. You don't make that determination. We do.
Tell us about your products, your services, your qualifications and all that. But it's us who tell you whether you're any good at what you do, yeah?
Yeah, Robert has to be nice to you here. But I don't have to be.
And, by the way, I'm not against the product or what you're doing, but I'm simply interested to see that the hardware that's out there to power this "revolution" is actually good, is well thought out, is future-proof, is not a "walled garden" scam, etc. because I want this revolution to happen and be long lasting and mainstream. I'm being super critical, so you get this exactly right - if you possess enough wisdom to listen to the people who you actually need to convince to sell your product in the first place.
I agree 100%. They are conning the buyers that this cloud connectivity is a plus, but it's really a huge negative.
They all want to be the toll master where you need a continuous subscription to use any of this.
You are screwed if they go bust, get bought, or just decide to change their business focus.
Unless there's an open or industry standard, these companies are all building walled gardens to trap you.
@@stevendick1562 Not to mention, if my internet goes down while it's scheduled to charge later, how do I override it? Poorly thought out product, all flash and no substance.
they said it's a gimmick, but getting app control for when you are not next to the car pretty much has to go via some sort of remote server. and if you are next to the car you don't need any sort of app. once it can be remote controlled, (and i'm skeptical about almost all smart home systems) then you have the ability to link it to live co2 intensity of the grid and price.. which is valuable.
Well, the brag is in the latency not the LEDs changing. Important to see the benefit offered here, which is giving the grid the flexibility to monitor demand in realtime. This is the biggest blocker to mass adoption, and that's why connected devices are not only important, they are an absolute must. You're right in saying LEDs changing are not something you care about, and that will indeed go from the phone to the charger very shortly, but the ability to tune consumption up and down in real time is extremely powerful, and will in the future enable for example en mass distributed energy storage via V2G.
@@mralistair737 True, but there's no choice. A cloud or die mentality takes away my choice. Since all the products in this category work roughly the same way, I have no choice. If you're buying for ease of use or green credentials, say goodbye to your privacy.
So what does this do that my normal Wallbox Pulsar Plus does not do? (apart from pointlessly flashing its LED's). A charger is a charger.
Well solar, which was released last week
Load Management and Solar integration seem to be two things.
Reduce Chinese imports.
@@rustybkts increase Chinese EV imports!
what does a kia e niro do that a kona doesn't do? doesn't mean there shouldn't me multiple choices in the market to suit different needs etc.
Just had my Hypervolt installed, very pleased, a great bit of kit!
What's unique about this? Just feels like an advert.
This is sort of the point of the fully charged PLUS channel, where they can talk to people about their products etc in more one-to-one detail / showcase style. the main channel doesn't do this as it's a bit niche.
It is an advert. There was a "paid promotion" warning at the start.
Just another lvl 2 charger
How does it integrate with batteries like the Powerwall? I've got a Zappi but it kind of integrates poorly with batteries. Would be nice if you could do boosts from just the battery, so similar to solar behaviour but using the battery instead.
Hi James, you need to get a CT sensor for the battery. Then you can set it to either preserve the battery charge or drain the battery to charge the car. I set it to the former so that we can save the battery charge for the house in the evening.
Odd the only company not to send me a unit for review. Keep telling me it's being sent... still has not arrived... Every other company has been happy to send one for a fair UNPAID review. It seems unless it's a paid advert they are not interested.
@Hypervolt no payment was received for any of the reviews on my channel, I count myself as a journalist, the only thing indra sent me was a unit free of charge like everyone else who I did a review of. Hypervolt you contacted me in May offering me a unit to review... however unlike your competition you haven't sent it. Everyone has the same terms of a level playing field. i'm more than happy to review any charging unit, but I won't accept payment in return for a favourable review, and it's important my audience can trust my reviews as completely impartial
@@NicolasRaimo To confirm. Indra did not pay Nick for the review of Smart PRO. In fact, the review is quite critical of the product in several places.
@hypervolt - This public speculation, false criticism and name calling of us and others in the industry is not welcome .
Trying to call out an honest and well respected member of the EV community is a great piece of PR. 🙄
@@ricospider it appears your comment had them remove the remark
@@NicolasRaimo I realise trolls will do this sort of thing without batting an eyelid, but for a company to do it is most bizarre. I've watched your videos, and I can say I've always found them very informative and helpful, and particularly as some aspects of EV adoption can still be quite tricky.
Great to see smarter and efficient charging options for the changing landscape that is energy. Homes are energy producers as well as users today and that will only increase in the future as they will no longer just consume energy from the grid, but be the new type of grid system.
Very interesting tech and sound great for the future. Love the red dwarf bit, best Sci fi ever lol. Keep the super interesting videos coming guys.
smartest??? did not see how its smarter than other smart EVSEs.... and with no price given for it, who knows if its a good value????
this was the best post... IMHO
What a weird video. It's essentially a really awkward advert for a product that solves a problem that doesn't really exist for most people charging at home. Not sure why Robert was gushing like a schoolgirl over this. All quite odd.
Commission?
This is in fact the largest problem with mass adoption, so saying it doesn't exist unfortunately won't make it go away. For example, energy companies incentivise EV charging to happen at night, from 00:30 to 4:30AM. What happens when millions of EVs charge at that particular time? Won't that be the peak time? Even OZEV regulations are speculating the need for varied scheduling and automated management, and there's a long arduous journey ahead of many things to figure out, by ourselves and other companies in this industry, to make it all work when 30 million people will be driving EVs.
@@hypervoltev I doubt we’ll get to that stage. Firstly a vast percentage of the population won’t be able to charge at home, due to lack of private off-street parking. You know, like in the big cities. Then if it was getting close to the point where all cars were being plugged in simultaneously at 00.30, then the cheap overnight rate would be taken away anyway and thus removing that problem. We also would have upgraded the supply infrastructure to support that scenario by the time those uptake volumes have been reached - localised capacitive storage, home battery cells etc etc. Also, by that stage battery tech would be greatly improved so most cars won’t be charging regularly anyway. If you get to 400/500 miles per charge, then most cars will only need topping up weekly or even less frequently.
@@GingerPiston While we would hope you are right and the problem would be simpler, our partners that do manage the grid are working hard with us and other companies alike to find solutions. At the end of the day fast solutions are about cost, and software is simply cheaper than what you are suggesting will be deployed at large scale. Some customers can afford batteries, and a sophisticated almost grid independent setup, most cannot simple because of the price, and this is where a more cost efficient solution needs to come in.
It's a problem that doesn't exist *yet*, because adoption is still low.
But big players like Shell are investing big in this area, because they expect it to be necessary. Look forward to tariffs where cheap electricity comes at totally unpredictable times, but your devices are able to respond to that by-the-second price. Tell your car/charger "only charge when the cost is below x" or "I need 100 miles or range tomorrow. Go cheap at first but raise your threshold if necessary". Same for home heating etc.
That is why I have been watching for ten years !
I'll probably be hanged for this, but has FC sold its soul recently? The original premise was to be free of this type of paid advertisement, and as a result be independent and impartial.
I understand paid advertisement is a necessary evil for channels nowadays, but following on from EV Nick's comment, their selection criteria should perhaps be a little more discerning. Also, I'm happy my 'dumb' Rolec charger will carry on working, even when my patchy broadband decides to go down again.
This is perhaps a very very unfair comment. As the industry's highest rated brand, we offer you 50 times the product Rolec ever will. We completely understand there are ways in which it doesn't suit your taste or needs, or perhaps indeed you are not interested in a smart charger. That's completely fine, but it's not ok to dismiss the work of hundreds of people working so hard to build a company. One that is one of the most popular in the market, one of its best sellers, and the one with the best reviews, support, and services, as voted by customers not ourselves.
@@hypervoltev So not just happy with trying to dig out other UA-camrs, you're now trying to compare your product to something which was designed and manufactured 5-6 years ago. I would say that's the very definition of unfair. Fifty times the product Rolec is, how is that measured?
If you read my comment again, my point (which I thought I made quite clearly) is the recent increase and perhaps reliance on paid promotion content by FC. As I said, I understand channels need to do this, but there are more discreet and elegant ways to do this.
I don't remember insulting your product.or the people that work at your organisation, but judged by your comments elsewhere, there seems to be a common thread of defensiveness emerging.
You mention your product is highly rated,.and I don't dispute that, but perhaps you need to put the same effort into how you communicate with the general public as you do with your product.
@@hypervoltev
Is it a smart charger in the way my ModelS/wall charger is? This is the epitome of a solution to a very non-existent problem.
I agree with your comments Joe and like you say they are a part of all channels now. I dont mind them really as you get to find out about different products that I might be interested in but I wish they were a bit more in-depth and harder questions were asked. They do help support the channel too. We can all just not watch these videos if we don't want to I suppose.
Dear Joe. Check out UA-cam there's a video on the Rolec and how to fit a Shelly 1. It may give you the same for a fraction of the price. 😊
I love my Hypervolt ❤️. Best home EV charger by far.
I have a Wallbox pulse 2. Small, has a light ring around it telling you what it’s doing. The app is really smart with scheduling and WiFi. Alexa would be nice, but personally, I’ve set my schedule and then don’t ever touch the settings. Plug in and charge
I like the look of that Hypervolt charger. It seems to be nicely low profile and with it being mounted on a door like your demonstration unit here, that could be a good solution for those of us who live in terraced houses and can't have a bulky unit that sticks out of a wall to block a foot path.
Great ad for a great product! Hope they gave you a good cut. Mutually beneficial video; love it!
Been looking at chargers, and there aren't any good comparisons. It'd be good to get hypervolt vs ohme vs zappi etc
Best get in touch with us via phone/live chat, and we can tell you more about what we can offer that other cannot. Of course, still subjective whether we can suit your needs, but there's a lot we can offer!
Why buy this instead of a zappi? Nothing shown here is new. I never look at my LEDs…
Everything here is new, and maybe not all of it groundbreaking, but a lot of the features are a lot more fine-tuned, easier to access and use, more robust, have more variety to them. Even with scheduled charging, you can have any number of schedules you like, easily combine them with solar, and so on. Zappi is a great product with a lot of cool features, but there are things we can offer you that no other product can in many respects, and best as always is to ask other customers.
I have a Zappi charger and I can schedule a charge on the app. There is also a display that shows when it is charging. It doesn't have a pretty light or (as far as I know) work with alexa though
Yes, zappi does everything stated on this video and more and has done for years. It’s also already doing grid and DNO flexibility, this is not new. I’m baffled by the “innovation” talk… seems the new thing is Alexa .. 🧐
This is reassuring. We've booked a Zappi installation. The choice of chargers is mind-boggling.
@@mattyt6722 This is not accurate, Zappi does offer you a compelling product, but none of the features described here! Load management at houselevel is something Zappi does offer, and we do as well, but it doesn't have anything to do with the country wide grid level balancing we are hoping to achieve. This is a pretty massive undertaking, and we work with DNOs around the world in fact to bring this solution to market, combine it with V2G and a lot of other things. Zappi is a great piece of kit no doubt, but its software is in no way comparable, because as companies we simply have a different focus. If you're happy with your Zappi you should be, it's a great British product and we can only hope companies that pay taxes to HMRC continue to be the ones that succeed over cheaper imports from the far East!
Actually, Zappi does have different light colours for different states. I'm not sure why they made such a big deal of this in the Hypervolt. This is pretty standard. The other massive advantage of Zappi is the ability to set different ways of charging: fast, eco and eco+. The latter adjusts the charging power according to the available solar power. This maximises self consumption of solar power which I think is a game changer. It also can be integrated with a battery so that you can adjust whether you want to save the battery charge or drain it to charge the car. These are really useful features to maximise the use of renewable energy. Hypervolt seems to be very gimmicky.
I've had my Zappi for about a year and it has been fantastic. I got the battery sensor lead so that it works well with my Powerwall.
I ordered my hypervolt last week and I can’t wait to get it
I have been enjoyed, so thank you for delivering.
I like the design , but I don’t want fancy light and it’s white colour, could we have a grey cover as well?
At this time of year I'm charging lithium-ion batteries most days, I have three chargers, two are like the Hypervolt in that they show one colour for charging, another for fully charged (but like most chargers red is charging, green is fully charged), PITA as I have no idea how much charge is in the batteries, the third charger has LEDS which give an indication (within 20%) of charge. So I'd be more interested when (if) Hypervolt have v2 which gives indication of SoC on the box.
Can you use your own cable with the hypervault?
wow that was painful, please have infomertial branded in a corner somewhere
Painful .... ?!?!
What is it with you precious drama queens??
It was just a demo of a car charger.....!
Does the Hypervolt have the “Loss of Pen Conductor” which is on the Zappi charger? I’ve seen your charger on the Artisan Electrics UA-cam, and it looks very impressive. Do I get the Zappi or Hypervolt?
I love making tight coils of high amperage leads, it's so exciting, and I hate looking at the big bright charging indicators that the vehicle already has, so this would be perfect for me. /sarcasm
Ah you see… worryingly I was just about to enthusiastically agree, until… - sarcasm.
Love a tight coil. Have spent time on the occasional boat. Making coils always a highlight. Does this make me a very sad person?
@@shhhyouknowhoo3753 tight coils of rope = good
Tight coils of conductor = excitement
… and what happens when the server dies, or hyper volt go “offline” (bankrupt etc.)?
Same as what will happen with other companies of course. The only difference is Hypervolt is the ONLY profitable company in the industry, one of the largest, as well as the fastest growing. In the very unlikely event of a bankruptcy, we'd still honour cloud services until the products are end of life.
The servers are AWS they said... so that's amazon and half the web gone. new firms going out of business is a legitimate concern but hopefully this comes with some sort of alternative protocol that could be used.. (like google home or similar)... or a guarenteed lifetime. But if they wound down, it'd cost them pennies to keep the existing system working for years. it's not like they are moving much data at all.
@@mralistair737 That is quite correct. We would indeed, in the unlikely event of a bankruptcy, be required to honour cloud services until end of product life(e.g until the charger is old and toast, years and years down the line). Cloud bills are 0.0001% of our costs, or something extremely trivial. That being said, Hypervolt is the industry's only profitable company, one of its largest, as well as the fastest growing. Statistically and economically speaking, that makes us the least likely to shut our doors, and we certainly work extremely hard to make that true.
@@hypervoltev Really? In the event your company was liquidated, I doubt your creditors would be happy to keep paying Amazon for supporting a failed product. Anyway, the perpetual insistence of companies to relay solely on cloud infrastructure for all functionality (even when it makes no sense), will forever turn many people away from this. I have no issue with innovating through software, but the Pi built into this platform is quite capable of providing most of the functionality described without requiring yet another web platform, that people have to sacrifice their personal info to.
@@hypervoltev thanks for the reply. I'm sure things will be fine. But to invest in a contactor in a box with a Raspberry Pi and neat software, I think this all needs to be underpinned by a national if not international standard. Preferably open. I'm sure you're working on such, but until a standard is in place and adopted by industry, siloed technology will always be niche and risky for consumers. Even Tesla have now adopted CCS.
Great piece. SUPER annoying to have to tell my Alexa "never mind" repeatedly. Thanks for that I guess.
I just plug mine in. The car waits for cheap rate. Job done. V2g will be a blip in time up until personal car ownership is replaced by TAAS in the main.
u mean V2G and TaaS???
@@nc3826 yEs
good to know since TAAS has a different meaningggg and V2g none at all.....so have fun bloviating... mate...
@@nc3826 I think the context makes it pretty obvious it was Transport As A Service, and Vehicle to grid that I was referring to.
good luck with ur thinning about pontificated OC
Interesting. I'd like to work with my solar system to offload excess solar energy to the car. This is because locally they are virtually scrapping the tariff we get paid for our excess solar. So I'd like to use that to charge the car when I'm generating and stop if the sun goes in.
That's something we offer out of the box!
zappi 👏🏼
My Hypervolt 2.0 is working with my Solar PV Array 5.2kW to off load excess energy along with iBoost +, set the settings for ampage 6A and Eco Mode charging at 1.4kW using Free Solar Energy or utilise setting for solar charging with Grid at 7kW.... 10% charge on EQA in 4 hours of free sun solar energy when the car is just sitting parked up.
@@hypervoltev so it's it like the zappi? I've got an EV and solar. Can it take excess solar after the hot water tank is full?
Artisan electrics have been raving about these for a few months now. They also have a factory/office tour. Well worth looking for their youtube channel for it. (I wont post a link as that seems rude towards Fully Charged)
My sympathy for the guy who was a bit terrified. Robert seems quite relaxed but being filmed can be stressful for the unprepared. The concept of waiting until the grid is green is a nice one although I think most users would have chosen a green supplier in the first place and would be more interested in price variations. I imagine Hypervolt would be thinking of that as a next innovation but that might mean changing supplier. Unfortunately Ecotricity don't do variable rates so neither would actually work for me, It's already 24/7 green and there's no off peak or power surplus discount. Being able to go to red alert is a bonus though.
Certainly subject to interpretation, but our CEO terrified is not something any of us internally have experienced, he's not the most easily intimidated person. Look at that choice of outfit for example, only brave men would opt for it.
I must be missing something, what is that company’s USP? Doesn’t seem to be software or integration the hardware as most companies have that and the more challenging bit is getting the third party information from the likes of the grid, met offices, motorway network etc. The kept talking about speed of response but those sort of time frames will be the norm with 5G & IoT devices, and in consumer use probably not even a major issue. I just don’t see any reason why I’d investigate further, let alone long list them.
@Stephen Not quite the case, no other company will offer you a similar responsive or latency, or depth of features, or ease of use. There are other compelling propositions out there for sure, but we make everything in house, integrated software and hardware, which not many do, and certainly not to the same degree. That speed of response is absolutely critical for grid monitoring, and it transcends very very far beyond simply using a 5G connection for example. While those may become standard in the future, writing software to keep those kind of performances consistent is an absolutely huge undertaking, and any experienced programmer would likely confirm real time distributed systems are one of the most complicated things to get working correctly in computer science, not to mention real time machine learning models based on those systems.
Even ignoring the "background features" that will prove more valuable over time rather than immediately, Hypervolt is still the most affordable premium charger, offers you a compelling design, it is the industry's highest rated product and service, and one of the most popular products in the UK, and other countries as well. There's only so much we can cover in a 12 minute video, and there are IP risks to giving away too much detail about certain features for sure, but without a doubt we can offer you one of the best value for money chargers out there if you're after a truly smart feature rich unit, and a great, local service experience, with a British company.
@@hypervoltev Oh I understand the complexities of real time back end processing, I was programme managing millisecond accuracy real time banking systems a decade ago, and my current programmes in another industry are all machine learning focused. But I still don’t see any real differentiation for your product
@@stephenwensley9328 We're the only product that offers most of the things mentioned here, but if you prefer other products there's no pleasing everyone in an industry this big. All the best with your search!
Oh god! Where do you store the plug?
In a separate ugly design afterthought screw in wall holster thing.
@@ThePrawlin ah right so thus negating the lovely flush design....fail.
@@simonhenry7867 yup. Funny how they 'forgot' to fit that to the wooden demo board 😂
Most smart EV chargers need a bluetooth connection to a router, no router..no smart-ness...Ohme's smart charger communicates over the internet via a (free) SIM card .... even smarter ?
Thank you so much for this information. I wish we could get equipment like this in the U.S.A. I just really enjoy Fully Charge!!!
Very soon!
@@hypervoltev awesome!!! I look forward to having it here.
You gotta love a product that has a Red Dwarf gag built in. I just hope they have a V2G version ready for sale in Australia by the time the CyberTruck hits our shores.
I missed that one, what was it? (I must have dozed off after the first 35 seconds...)
@@nickheward4008 It's later in the video. about using Alexa to ask the device to go to red alert, and it saying that it would require changing the light bulb. Like in Starbug on the TV show Red Dwarf. Very Funny scene.
@@PathosBedlam Fabulous!
Nothing was said about "charging my EV from my PV". Do Hypervolt handle that so that the car is only charged when I'm exporting?
Yes it does, out of the box!
@@hypervoltev Excellent, thanks.
Self Use or reduce Export Control value, my house load is balanced when Hypervolt 2.0 and iBoost + are working... not drawing from Grid. Depends on size of Solar PV Array. Minimum is 1.4kW at 6A for Solar to activate the Hypervolt... for charging.
Does it work intelligently with PV’s (alike the Zappi). Hugh
Yes it does, out of the box!
Can this be set to only use excess solar electricity, similar to how a Zappi works?
One would hope so, as it seems more people will opt for solar panels and other ways of generating energy, driven by increasing energy costs.
Yes it can, out of the box as well! Always included in the price.
@@hypervoltev are you suggesting zappi doesn’t do it straight out of the box ?
I'd be interested to know what the ultimate plan is with the grid management. If the DNO requests a reduction in load on a given street from Hypervolt, it wont have any meaningful impact unless HyperVolt have the monopoly on EVSE in that area. I'd have thought it should be down to the DNO to provide the management backend, and a future requirement for all EVSE manufacturers to read from and comply with that data. Hypervolt have absolutely the right idea, but the mechanisms surely need to be applied across the industry.
it doesn't need to be a monopoly.. if you have a lot of people.. even a lot of companies like hypervolt who give the people the option to say "stop charging when carbon intensity is high. or "when supply is limited" (which are very overlapping times) then this is powerful.. even control over 1% of demand could make a huge difference to generators efficiency. ultimately this sort of tech will also make live variable pricing much easier to use and implement.
Octopus offer a lower rate (Intelligent Octopus) for charges capable of dynamic control for cheaper rates, which is a proxy for load. So a mix of carrot and stick will get the customers moving to suppliers who offer it and leave behind those that don't. So you are correct in that it is not a HyperVolt only 'invention' but a technology standard supported by (some) energy suppliers reacting to information from National Grid. All a bit loose at the moment, but can't be too hard to at least get energy suppliers to sign up to support it.
So there is no changing bulbs "to go to red alert" then
Who forgot to turn on Robert’s mic?
Very nice charger, but… Color codes, timed charges, etc??? Have had that for three years with my JuiceBox … old news. Only use renewable energy.
I love the Hypervolt, I just can't stop looking at it mounted to a door 😂
This is all very nice and fancy with all the smarts in a lot of these EV chargers, but a major concern (at least for me) is simply what if this company goes bust and shuts down the servers?
I keep asking this question and no one seems to be addressing it. Proprietary API's, non-standard protocols, etc... so I suspect that if the servers are shut down a lot of people will find a nasty surprise.
On the plus side, most of this units use COTS hardware for the "brains" like raspberry pi or beagle boards, or something else on those lines so I suppose one could develop some custom stuff for it in time.
Would be nice to see the channel starting to ask this question when promoting this products.
By the way, thanks for the advertising! :)
Sounds good, but this kind of software will need to be across multiple companies to be able to coordinate charging in a street
That color thing is true for wallbox as well, that's nothing unique.
Good to see "Fully Charged" promoting a British designed and built product. When I first saw it, I expected it to be another Chinese import. Well done guys and I hope you sell massive numbers of them. Replies to this video would suggest that most people do not see the way charging EV's needs to go. By scheduling when you need a certain amount of charge in a car for a certain time, intellegent load balancing will allow local grid capacity to be used to its design limits. Think of the near future guys.
Oh and I'm buying one for my daughters new build house that hasn't got one installed as standard. After asking why it isn't installed, they are grudgingly installing the cable to the outer wall! All houses should have one along with a few PV panels on the roof. Maybe we wouldn't need as many power stations if all houses had them.
A British product built by a Romanian :)
@@danboabes Our company has people from all kinds of backgrounds, whether ethnic, religious and so on. Inclusivity is one of our most important values, our team is fortunately very diverse, and from all over the world. A vast majority of our engineering team is British, but not everyone, and that's certainly not a criteria. A company is the sum of its people, not just one person in any respect, and Hypervolt is a the work of hundreds of committed staff that work day and night to constantly improve what we have to offer.
However, this is a British product, it is made in Britain, and it wouldn't likely be easily possible to make it outside Britain, or without the help of dozens of excellent local suppliers, very talented engineerings, the UK government working hard to accelerate the transition to EV, and a lot of other elements. There is a longstanding tradition of engineering excellence in Britain we are humbly trying to perpetuate over the years to come, and offer the consumer the choice to buy a compelling, affordable, locally made product with excellent local support, as opposed to equipment manufactured only for the sake of cost and profits somewhere far away.
Fully Charged’s messaging alters direction again…so we only need a plug or a wall box?
I can only assume paid advertising on the channel. Don’t mind FC doing such. Obviously Robert is playing Dum with loaded question as this guy is describing a product as if it’s not been done before or buy other companies and he’s all ears 😁
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What was the fuss about?
No idea. Hot air?
Hay guys please get the sound better there is a lot of echo
Oooh! This is very exciting, and the first time I've seen another company offer something that does the job better than Tesla. When I get a Model 3 I now want one of these chargers to go with it.
It’s nothing new.. My zappi done this for years … 🤔 works great with my husbands model 3 and my Kona.
Plays nice with my solar, connects to octopus agile and changed LED colour depending on charge setting … I’m baffled. Must be an ad
My friend gets his model 3 this week and after researching ordered the Hypervolt. I didn’t even get the chance to recommend it. It’s excellent you won’t regret it
@@mattyt6722 No it hasn't, Zappi doesn't offer you automated OTA, it doesn't do it for you, it doesn't offer a connected fleet. It's great hardware no doubt, and it's another British manufacturer that will hopefully succeed over Chnese imports, but to say it offers the same thing isn't accurate, as we have a very different focus to Zappi, and in saying that we mean in no way to content the value their bring to the market.
@@hypervoltev this is simply not true
@@mattyt6722 Sian, very happy to hear you love your Zappi! Everything we say here is absolutely true, Zappi requires a manual firmware upgrade, Hypervolt does not. Zappi does load balancing it doesn't do grid balancing, which are very different things. There are a lot of things Hypervolt offer that Zappi does not, and we are almost £200 cheaper as well. Important to distinguish between the specifics of functionality, Hypervolt firmware upgrades require no manual user action and don't take 40 minutes, they are seamlessly done over the air automatically.
Is it a a 7kw charger or a higher level charger?
7kW charger.
So it can't charge as fast as my Zappi (11 kW) and doesn't integrate to the rooftop solar and Powerwall like a Zappi. Oh, but the LEDs change colour! Every charger does that.
"Are you sure, it would mean changing the bulb." HAHAHA, brilliant! 10/10.
do love a good red dwarf reference
Just ordered mine... an impressive unit in my honest opinon. Incidentally, a pulsing green for charging would be VERY cool!
Guess you're gonna sit in your garage?
It would be good if the unit gets the prices from the electricity provider and sets itself to switch on to use the lowest prices.
my zappi does this already :)
Kiss principle… it should not be dependent on the internet, if you are close enough it should use blue tooth
Colourblind mode?
I couldn't work out what was so special about this charger, apart from the fact it responds in 50mS and might have more functionality in the future.
On a different point, it was a shame that the sound on this piece didn't come up to your usual high standard. Noisy reverberant studio, badly mixed, voices at different levels and lack of clarity. I didn't understand the last part at all, though you appeared to be enjoying yourself.
Good video nice product, however every mention of the word Alexa prompts a response from our Alexa.
Very interesting tech, perhaps these can be used as level 1 remote chargers on the roads as well.
Lots of echo, not sure if the hypervolt guy's lav was on. Maybe even Robert's was off too.
First it’s all about the software, then we’re told the wall box has no software just LEDs. Then there’s an app. The message is confusing.
And I’m repeatedly told what to think. Don’t think I’m the customer Hypervolt are targeting. I’m more a DIYer…
Pretty sure there's 50 other products on Amazon that do all of this.
Brilliant just Brilliant 👏 great watch 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏼
Classic dad dancing at the end 😂
So it's a glorified smart wall socket/extension lead with a pretty light that changes colour?
Oh, and a hyperbolic sale pitch too, shouldn't forget the "sales pitch" : I
Hard to argue this is the "smartest way to charge" when it has no way of integrating with rooftop solar. Zappi does this seamlessly. Mine is currently feeding my Model 3 with 5 kW from our rooftop solar.
Happy to report we also support solar panel integration out of the box though! It was indeed left out of the video.
The bit about enabling local grid operators to control charging sounds good but until you can get this implemented in every charger it will have minimal effect. Other than that just gimicks like Alexa.
My zappi does this I believe. Could be wrong.
why would you need EVERY charger to do this? when the grid is in a bottle neck or oversupply taking a small amount of demand down can make a big difference, you dont need everyone in the country to switch off everything. letting people schedule charges also means people will more naturally move to times of low demand anyway.
@@mralistair737 Very commendable for you to pay to be inconveniened by not getting the full charge that you expected, especially if you had a long jorney planned, but I can't see many people doing that.
@@mattyt6722 It unfortunately doesn't, Hypervolt is the only product that can do this.
@@hypervoltev again untrue
My 3 phase Garo charger has lights that change color and flash, just like that. I don't & won't let a phone app anywhere near my charging operation - A recipe for disaster!
Okay - How much?
£679 before the OZEV grant, plus installation.
@@hypervoltevThanks for getting back to me so promptly. What does the US Market look like?
@@unclegeorge7845 $700 in the US
Fully charged did not ask some important questions and ultimately this felt like a marketing video. Disappointing.
Not always easy to squeeze that much in a 12 minute video, but feel free to get in touch with us to ask us about other things you'd like to know.
Great video great charge point
Another guy who is quite clearly on the payroll bribe!
Great costume - - 10 years and 4 stone ago.
This software is one of the reasons I sold my Fiat 500e. Fiat had turned the software off and charging was always to 100% and started right now rather than 2:00 AM. Smart house/phone interface is most excellent.
Fiat 500e has scheduled charging, but having to do it from the dash is inconvenient (the app is dead after 3 years).
I have never used it, but it's there.
Want to see the posting date and I saw the '10 years' and I thought - ooh I'm late
@@rp9674 It should report today.
@@rp9674 Okay. I still think Fiat's attitude is screwed. I think GM gets like $20 a month for North Star. Their cost is about ten cents - Nice margin.
I think I agree, FCA/Fiat management had internal conflicts, like most oems. I hate fees, even worse no option of using the app after 3 years. Shaver Chrysler in thousand oaks California was terrible, they're supposed to provide free charging, they did, sometimes. They frequently iced the charging stations, they were frequently broken, sometimes had a Fiat parked, done charging. They made a pretty good car, with a lot of help from Bosch. If they had a small battery upgrade it would have made a huge difference.
Every body stop the horse and cart thinking.
Ford killed the horse and cart.
Germany went into WW2 with horse and carts. And stolen Polish tanks in 1939.
The EV automatically plugged into the grid 24/7 except for rush hour will trade electric power with the grid.
The money will be in the grid.
The grid will take all sources of electricity and concentrate it to the user.
In Australia and the USA 40% of the grid is home needs.
With rooftop solar pv 6.6kw, 33kwh the grid can take in 40% and reduce the industry power need to 20%.
The money will be in the grid.
Daily drives are only 7kwh, ezi pezi daily top up.
Home over night ezi pezi 8kwh need.
EV car battery 100kwh, huge capacity for the few long drives.
The automatic plug in is the 'killer gizmo'.
Fast charging will get better BUT the 24/7 plugged in trading power with the grid and making money.
Forget the hay and oats feeding
Forget 50kg of inflammable petroleum every 10 days into the tank.
All petroleum will be a strategic military reserve so tanks can drive to Putin's children killing things.
Naval actions are possible.
I have an Electrify America charger (j1772 EVSE), looks like it was designed for Bluetooth even has a Bluetooth indicator light, but does none of that, no timer, not even an on-off button, but it does have s color coded LED ring.
Being able to charge how much you want and when you want could help your battery health. When you get home delaying charging to let the battery cool down % not charging to 100% when you don't need it.
It's a good idea to look for a safety certification, might be good for insurance in the unlikely event of a catastrophe.
Mine was the cheapest UL listed I could find. Some are made with UL listed parts it's not the same as an overall UL certification (underwriters laboratory, USA)
Hey, you'll soon be able to buy our product fully UL certified in the USA as well, and benefit from all the features we offer, which are a lot more extensive than what could be reasonably fit into a 12 minute video.
Nice
I would prefer a charger that doesn't talk to a data center burning extra electricity in Ireland... was this sponsored by Amazon?
Yes, the cloud is lovely for ease of use....But the cloud is just all of your data running on someone else's computer.
At least let me have access to that data how I want it!
I want a local API/MQTT integration. I have set up a home automation system that doesn't need hundreds of apps on my phone - each doing something different. It doesnt need me to scream a specific phrase at an Alexa or google home, I've just got a dashboard that tracks everything for me and automations that fire when needed hosted on my own computer in my own house.
Unless I am able to tie the charger into that (via MQTT or a simple webhook or API) then I'm not interested.
I love the possibilities/design/cost of hypervolt. But unless it can let me see my data how I want to see it, without opening an app on my phone or screaming at a cloud based voice assistant - I wont be getting it.
It's looking more and more like I'll have to get OpenEVSE.
Considering Hypervolt is run by 'Software people' and they like the idea of using other people's APIs, its a real shame they dont have their own... Oh well.
We do offer MQTT though.
@@hypervoltev I asked about it previously (think it was after Artisan's first video) and was told it was coming in future after Solar?
The Solar update was only last week based on the facebook groups?
Is there any guidance on how MQTT is implemented on your site? I've checked the support pages and all blank?
I asked a local installer if they fit Hypervolts and they said yes but shortly after I told them to put it on the backburner until I worked out if there's any local links for my home setup.
I'm hoping for being able to control brightness of LEDs, Swap between timed/solar/off etc, maybe enable party flashing via MQTT messages.
Reply once OIs are up on your support pages (dont think you can provide links in Ytube comments?) and you'll have another device registered within the next month or two (the fitter's backlog depending).
@@hypervoltev Is there any guidance on how MQTT is implemented on your site? I've checked the support pages and all blank? *poke*
@@Roedy_Coedy Not public yet, but once the internals are finalised job done. Expect to be able to perform all normal control functions plus stream energy data, in short.
EPIC FAIL!!
Colour is a really bad way to make your only non-app based comms
There are millions of colourblind people who won’t be able to engage with this kit due to this limitation and it’s board line disability discrimination!?
Very disappointing when companies make this fundamental error in their product or service design
Colours are easily changeable, and colour blindness is something we are planning to very soon address(before end of the year). Right now we are simply consistent with the LED patterns on most cars, however we will allow people of various variations of colour blindness to pick a more appropriate light pattern to suit their needs. Great argument, and we thought the same!
Surely someone who was colour blind would not purchase a product that’s main display was colour dependent?
@@anstroth it probably depends what region of the world you’re in, but in the UK companies are required to make products and services reasonable inclusive and I’d suggest being a common issue catering for those with colourblindness is reasonable and from their reply it looks like it has at least been part of their thinking which is great!
This is a serious question which I admittedly haven’t looked into, but are you allowed to drive if you’re colourblind?
@@choshun8 hgv no (unsure about buses)
Anything else is fine
(In the uk, other countries may vary)
It's wider than my rolec, and the space the rolec fits into. the rolec app doesn't work but don't need it, the car is more reliable. All the apps are gimmicky. Not bothered about Alexa
The car doesn't offer you anywhere the flexibility a Hypervolt can, or other products, and indeed if you don't need it, that's absolutely fair. But comparing a product where the app never works with a Hypervolt is a little bit unfair, in the sense that we do put in huge work to constantly improving our app and providing a first class user experience, and building in new features every week. You might find an app that does work can come in handy for a great number of things, whether it's locking your charger, accessing cheaper energy, integrating it with solar panels in the future, sharing chargers with friends and family, and so on, are all pretty useful software features for most of our users.
@@hypervoltev hi Hypervolk first a confession, I misread the title, I read smartest as smallest. My apologies. The rolec app doesn't connect as there is a lack of mobile signal (urban black spot) so I rely on the car and its just set to charge from 0030 when it's cheap. It's never failed. It's a simple solution. If in the future we move and have a need for a smarter charger with more functions I'll look you guys up. All the best to you and your team.
I have a Hypervolt charger, so easy to use..not sure about the street dancing..
This thing could be a game changer. Very Cool and they clearly have grate taste in television shows. ;)
Open communication channels Lister. Broadcast on all known frequencies and in all known languages, including Welsh.
The electric cord becomes very stiff in sub-zero weather, which means you could never wrap it around the charger like that as he demonstrates.
Horse and cart thinking is wrong.
The EV car battery will always be topped up 24/7.
A permanent topped up tank of petroleum, 50kg of inflammable petroleum was a dangerous thing to do.
Every one drives to the petrol station and pays $100. Weekly.
Virtually every bit of hardware ever designed has, in fact, been buggered by crap software. Get it right mate!
As Robert says you can plug in your car to three holes in the wall and it fills up…………
Now all they need to do is figure out how to generate all the energy that's going to be needed. It's already been proven that today is renewable solar and wind power doesn't have the capability of meeting this future demands.
You must be new to the channel. Watch the episodes where they talk to the national grid. Information a little bit more accurate than the daily mail. Also the fuel refineries are one of the largest users of electricity currently
Howdy-doodly-doo - Plug in the phone and the car ... but NOT the toaster!
Maybe I'm missing something, but hard to take someone seriously when they are wearing jeans and trainers and gushing about LEDs
Our CEO does pride himself on his fashion sense, he says it's some of Tesco's finest :) that being said, never judging a book by its cover always applies in the end doesn't it?
Perspective - the great height limiter
Hi I'm having hypervault installed what do I need to move out the way for them? Some people can be cocks.
Sounds good but once again only for the well heeled.
You'll be pleased to know our product actually has an average price market wise, £679 before the OZEV grant, much cheaper than other premium products. We also offer NHS discounts, Blue Badge discounts, Defence discounts, key worker discounts and a whole other array of support to make the product more affordable to all. Are there cheaper options available? Yes, but we are working hard to bridge that gap, and the intention is to have this product affordable to every consumer, not just for the well heeled.
With a raspberry pi inside, so you might ssh to it.