Sound familiar?
The grid operator says no — or yes, in 18 months. Your fleet is growing now. Without smart charging there's no expansion; €100k–€1M of grid reinforcement is a capex question.
Finance asks for per-driver cost allocation. You say "give me a week of Excel." At 300 EVs that's no longer Excel work — it's a full-time job.
CSRD requires audit-grade emissions data by end-2026. Your current tool can't export a CSV your accountant accepts. Greenwashing risk lands at board level.
Capabilities that fit here.
Right-sized CPMS — not enterprise overkill, not consumer-tier.
Dynamic load balancing on EPEX + grid signals + your own rules.
ERP integration (SAP, Exact, Dynamics) without custom dev.
Etrel orphan? Believ context? We've done this before.
“We're considering Maxem because they have native EMS. What's your counter?”
Honest answer: we don't have native EMS (yet). For a single depot where EMS is a hard requirement, Maxem is the better fit. Pick ihomer if you want to stay modular — keep your own energy supplier, keep your own ERP integration — and if hosting choice matters. Slim Laden covers EPEX and OpenADR; for deeper EMS we partner.