CPOs can offer four different pricing models to EMPs on the HBS.
Standard pricing
Standard pricing is the simplest pricing model. It includes one price for all stations per hour, per minute or per kWh.
- Compatible with intercharge SETTLEMENT
- User-interface (UI) based price model
Product pricing
Product pricing is a pricing model that gives CPOs the option to create multiple different pricing products for their stations, e.g. different prices per sub-CPO or different prices per charging speed.
- Use the field PartnerProductID in the eRoamingAuthorize messages to rate CDRs that come in from CPOs with this pricing model
- Compatible with intercharge SETTLEMENT
- User-interface (UI) based price model
- Charging session validity: minimum viable time or kWh from which on a CPO will invoice a charging session
Flexible pricing
Flexible pricing gives CPOs the possibility to set up different price models via API or UI, e.g.:
- Time-based pricing, e.g. day prices, night prices
- Charging facility-based pricing, e.g. AC or DC prices
- EVSE-based pricing - different prices per EVSE ID, e.g. for different locations at a supermarket, at a busy street, in different countries
- or a combination of the above
- The same price is valid for the entire duration of the offer
- Pricing can be pulled via the PullPricingProductData and PullEVSEPricing operations from the Webservice or downloaded from the Portal
Dynamic pricing
Dynamic pricing has all the features of flexible pricing with the change that daily price changes via API are possible.
- Only allowed for bilateral offers as the price change feature has to be agreed bilaterally between you and the CPO
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