ChargePoint Unveils Flex Plus: A Comprehensive Home‑Charging Solution Tailored to European Company Car Fleets
A leading provider of EV charging solutions, ChargePoint today announced the official European rollout of its brand-new Flex Plus charger, designed to solve a critical bottleneck in the transition toward electric fleets: reliable, convenient, and cost-effective home charging for company vehicles.
Market Context: Company Cars and the Need for Smarter Home Charging
In Europe, company car fleets account for roughly 60 percent of new car sales—a dramatic indicator of just how fast businesses are electrifying their vehicles. Yet this rapid adoption brings fresh operational challenges. Unlike private EV owners who can fully control their home-charging routines, businesses managing mixed fleets across multiple driver homes struggle with:
- Equitable reimbursement for energy used at home
- Visibility and control to ensure compliance and minimize misuse
- Seamless integration between home and public charging infrastructure
- Avoiding grid or home electrical system upgrades, which can be both expensive and time-consuming
Recognizing these challenges, ChargePoint has developed a purpose-built solution that bridges the gap for fleet managers and driver employees alike.
Introducing Flex Plus—Home Charging Reimagined
The centerpiece of ChargePoint’s new offering is the Flex Plus, an AC home charger engineered on the company’s next-generation charging architecture. Beyond delivering electricity, the Flex Plus serves as a revenue and workflow enabler in three key areas:
- Dynamic Load Management
- Smart‑Home Integration
- Mounting Flexibility for Mobility
1. Dynamic Load Management for Smarter Charging
At its core, the Flex Plus charger includes real-time Dynamic Load Management (DLM): an intelligent feature that monitors a building’s electricity usage and automatically enables the charger to ramp up or slow down based on available capacity.
- Smart peak shaving: During high-demand periods—say, when someone is running an oven or doing laundry—the Flex Plus will temporarily throttle back charging to avoid tripping circuit breakers or exceeding service capacity.
- Maximized speed when it counts: When the house demand is low (e.g., late at night), the charger ramps up, delivering the fastest possible charge, eliminating the need for expensive electrical service upgrades.
For businesses, this means reliable fast-charging is delivered—without disrupting home utilities or incurring infrastructure costs.
2. Smart‑Home Synergy: Solar, Storage, and More
The Flex Plus connects seamlessly to other components in the smart‑home ecosystem—like rooftop solar panels, home battery units, or PV inverters.
- Self‑consumption optimization: Prioritize charging with surplus solar PV, reducing grid dependency and potentially lowering energy bills.
- Full smart‑home compatibility: Works alongside energy monitoring systems, giving households and drivers maximum flexibility to balance their EV charging with their broader sustainability goals.
3. A Charger That Moves with the Driver
A unique feature of the Flex Plus is its modular mounting system. The charger is installed on a backplate anchored to the wall, allowing it to be:
- Easily detached and taken to a new address, if the driver moves house—without the need to uninstall or reconfigure the wiring.
- Reattached to a new pre‑wired backplate. This preserves continuity while avoiding redundant installations.
For fleet managers, this innovation transforms what was once a fixed, location‑bound asset into a portable one—making planning, budgeting, and logistics far simpler.
Integrated Driver Experience: From Home to Road
ChargePoint’s hardware innovation is matched by its equally powerful Driver Management Solution, which brings together hardware, software, and services into a seamless ecosystem.
Automated Reimbursement and Transparent Billing
Charging a company car at home raises the question: who pays?
- The Flex Plus includes a built‑in meter and LTE/Wi‑Fi connectivity, enabling:
- Accurate logging of kWh delivered directly to the driver’s car
- Automatic reconciliation of home-charging usage
- Timely reimbursement to drivers—no more relying on estimates or manual data entry
Integrated billing ensures fleet managers pay only for verified energy consumed.
Centralized Management Dashboard
For oversight and administration, ChargePoint’s cloud platform offers:
- Driver enrollment tools, group segmentation, and access control
- Policy-driven charging rules, such as “limit charging to off‑peak hours” or “only allow home charging on weekends”
- Consolidated invoicing, which supports international fleets and includes features such as VAT breakdowns
- Fleet‑wide analytics, tracking utilization, costs by driver or vehicle, and identifying anomalies
This central hub brings much-needed order and transparency to what can otherwise be a fragmented system.
Unified Charging Ecosystem: Home + Public
Once drivers leave the driveway, the solution pivots seamlessly to public charging with support for:
- Charge point locator app (white‑labeled for brands or fleets),
- Payment routing, either through the app or directly via in‑dash systems,
- Roaming access across Europe’s broad public charging network, eliminating hassle and duplicative accounts.
Real‑World Value: Both Driver and Fleet Manager Win
Let’s explore how this solution delivers value to both sides.
For Fleet Managers:
- Cost visibility and control: Billable kWh are tracked and accounted for automatically.
- Operational efficiency: Charger portability and plug‑and‑play backplates reduce installation hassle.
- Compliance and policy enforcement: Dashboards and analytics enable consistent rule application.
- VAT support and consolidated billing simplify accounting for multinational fleets.
For Drivers:
- Convenience: Plug in at home overnight—no extra trips to fueling stations.
- New‑home continuity: Take your charger with you seamlessly.
- Fair reimbursement: Transparent, accurate energy usage logged and credited.
- On‑road flexibility: A single integrated solution for all charging needs.
What Industry Leaders Are Saying
Hossein Kazemi, ChargePoint’s Chief Technology Officer for Hardware, emphasized the solution’s impact:
“Fleet managers and company car drivers require a seamless experience to fully embrace their electric vehicles,” he said. “The new Flex Plus charger pairs with ChargePoint’s Driver Management Solution to automatically reimburse company car drivers for home charging, making it easy for drivers and fleet managers to go electric.”
This endorsement highlights the core of ChargePoint’s strategy: addressing a real-world obstacle to EV fleet adoption by harmonizing hardware, software, and user experience.
Availability and Next Steps
The Flex Plus charger is now available for orders across Europe, bundled with the complete Driver Management Solution. Units are expected to begin shipping later this summer, ready for installation before year-end.
For fleet operators, the process is designed to be turnkey:
- Place order via ChargePoint’s European sales channel
- Schedule installation with certified partners—home installations typically completed in a few hours
- Onboard drivers and configure access, groups, and billing policies
- Activate charging, with reimbursements and policy enforcement going live immediately
- Benefit from visibility and insights through analytics and consolidated billing
Fleet managers and drivers alike can visit ChargePoint’s Europe site for detailed specs, ordering options, and installation guides.
Broader Implications for EV Fleets in Europe
ChargePoint’s Flex Plus, paired with its Driver Management Solution, redefines how businesses handle home charging for EV fleets. By combining:
- Advanced hardware—with dynamic load management, smart‑home compatibility, and portable mounting
- Comprehensive software—enabling driver reimbursement, policy enforcement, and billing control
- Seamless public integration—via unified access and payment mechanisms
…the company delivers an end-to-end answer to Europe’s fleet electrification puzzle.
For fleet managers struggling to reconcile cost, convenience, and compliance—and for drivers who want the freedom of EVs without the hassle—ChargePoint is giving them the tools to make the electric transition not just possible, but practical, transparent, and fair.
ChargePoint has established itself as the leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging innovation since its inception in 2007, long before EVs became widely available. The company provides comprehensive solutions tailored to the entire EV ecosystem, from the grid to the dashboard of the vehicle. The company serves EV drivers, charging station owners, vehicle manufacturers, and similar types of stakeholders. With a commitment to accessibility and reliability, ChargePoint’s extensive portfolio of software, hardware, and services ensures a seamless charging experience for drivers across North America and Europe. ChargePoint empowers every driver in need of charging access, connecting them to over 1.25 million charging ports worldwide. ChargePoint has facilitated the powering of more than 16 billion electric miles, underscoring its dedication to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and electrifying the future of transportation.
