We ease the pressure on you to get electric vehicle charging working with your strata or body corporate committee.
Chargers that Change
We also ease the pressure on your building and the power grid with smart chargers that share the power supply when multiple vehicles plug in.
Beyond supplying chargers, we’re experts who specialise in every stage of the EV charging journey.
This means we work with strata and body corporate committees to design, install and manage a solution that works for all residents and into the future.
Design
We design solutions that consider the bigger picture of all your resident and visitor needs, site layout, power availability, and the ability to add to it in the future.
INSTALLATION
We manage the installation process, set up user access, and incorporate dynamic load management so the building is safeguarded no matter how many EVs plug in.
MANAGEMENT
Our management service bills residents for the energy they use, reimburses the strata or body corporate committee, creates reports, and takes care of ongoing maintenance and updates.
Ask your strata or body corporate committee to contact us on behalf of all residents.
EV charging solutions for apartment buildings need a unified and collaborative approach. We work with your building’s committee or manager to create a system that is scalable and connected to a management platform. Approach them to start the process with us.
Products
Our apartment solutions include dynamic load management to not overload the power on your building or the grid.
With variables to EV charging solutions, our experience gives answers to questions you didn’t know you had.
Electric vehicles are a greener more sustainable form of transport, that avoid using fossil fuels which create carbon emissions and contribute to climate change. EVs are cheaper to operate and with fewer moving parts have less maintenance cost, so are overall financially smart.
Typically, car parking in apartment buildings is in a common area that has a shared power source. Therefore, a wider charging solution needs to be implemented that records and bills for individual power usage and includes dynamic load management (sharing power so the lights won’t go out).
Yes. Whether you have a Tesla or an MG or Nissan Leaf, all EVs are compatible with our smart chargers. The key difference is that some second-hand overseas imported cars need different cables (like an android vs Apple phone).
Yes, absolutely. It works the same as with a fully electric vehicle.
Talk to your building’s strata or body corporate committee to contact us, to start the conversation. As every building is unique, a site assessment will be required so we can understand site layout, how car parks are allocated, how much power is available, and what the future might look like.
In order to avoid a ‘spaghetti’ wiring where individuals’ chargers are wired up to individual meters, our solutions revolve around a central ‘backbone’ of wiring, connected to one main meter. This enables chargers to also be added in the future.
Chargers can either be designated to specific apartments or shared with identifiable user access via our app, key fobs, pins or existing building access cards, linked to our management platform for billing. You can also install visitor chargers with one-off touch screen credit card payments.
Chargers for apartments need to communicate with each other and share the available power with dynamic load management. Depending on the building’s needs (such as visitor parking vs resident parking) and the number of chargers required, our team will advise on the most appropriate charging solution.
Generally electric vehicles don’t need to be charged every day, so one charger could be used by two vehicles. For convenience we could install a second charger if two car parks are allocated.
Installation costs vary depending on your building, site, power supply, and needs of your residents, visitors and the future. The first step is to contact us for a site assessment, and we can continue the conversation.
For strata or body corporates, the cost of the initial central ‘backbone’ (where all chargers connect to) is seen as a future-proofing investment and is typically paid for by the strata or body corporate. They can then choose if they also take on the cost of the individual chargers or if residents buy them themselves.
Yes, you can. Simply enter your details in the contact form, provide your apartment address and carpark number, and we will be in touch to set up your EV charger.
Simply get in touch and we can remotely activate your charger, so you can begin using it and your energy consumption can be measured. We will send you an onboarding pack with all the instructions and information you need to know.
This varies greatly depending on car battery size and if dynamic load management is in use. All our apartment chargers replenish the battery at a rate of at least 40km of range per hour. It could take up to 8 hours to charge to full, compared to a trickle charger that could take several days.
Thundergrid smart chargers vary their charging speed to work with what power is available in your apartment building, slowing charging at peak times and maximising speed during off-peak. So, no matter how many appliances, devices or lights your neighbours have on, the building will not lose power.
Thundergrid smart chargers are the solution to managing with what power is available on the grid. As more vehicles transition to electric globally, smart chargers are the answer to avoiding costly infrastructure upgrades. We do this by working with the network companies to ensure we do not overload their lines.
Yes, we can incorporate chargers that take one-off touchscreen credit card payments, rather than being allocated to a specific apartment.
You will need your landlord’s permission to install an EV charger in your home. EV chargers are a great investment and an asset for landlords, so we recommend speaking to them and they can contact us if they have any questions or concerns.
Our management platform, Ocean, tracks energy consumption of every single charger in the building. Working with your strata or body corporate committee, we only bill you for the electricity you have used.