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The full stack. One company.

We design the station, write the software, host the servers, run the network and bill the driver. One team, all of it.

  1. One team.

    Every part in-house.

  2. Station design

  3. Charging platform

  4. Servers in South Africa

  5. Driver app

  6. Billing engine

  7. Host portal

  8. Support in the app

At a glance

From the server to the socket.

Two SAEV Charge stations in the car park at SolarMD Head Office, Richmond Park, Cape Town

Live todayPilot site, SolarMD HQ, Richmond Park, Cape Town.

DC fast charging

Two CCS2 bays per station.

120 kW+

SolarMD battery

Built in South Africa.

272 kWh

Grid in, from

No grid upgrade.

10 kW

At peak

Batteries charge off-peak and standard only.

0 kW

Our DC-to-DC station

Battery to car in a single stage.

The SAEV Charge station: a SolarMD battery cabinet with a two-bay DC fast charger

SAEV Charge app

iOS and Android. Live map, tap to charge.

The SAEV Charge app map, showing a station and the Start charging button
Download on the App StoreGet it on Google Play

Operator platform

Network, sessions and revenue, live.

SAEV's operator platform: network energy, revenue, sessions and charger health, live

Our own charging platform

1.6J and 2.0.1.

OCPP

Self-hosted in South Africa

Backed by SolarMD battery storage.

Frictionless billing

Apple Pay and Google Pay.

R1 = 1 Coin

Stations in Phase 1

The routes first. Then the cities.

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Our partner

Built with SolarMD.

SolarMD engineers and manufactures high-voltage lithium iron phosphate battery storage in South Africa. Every SAEV station is built around a SolarMD 272 kWh outdoor cabinet. We chose a partner who builds the hardest part of the station a few kilometres from where we commission it.

SolarMD

  • High-voltage lithium iron phosphate storage.

  • Engineered and manufactured in South Africa.

  • A 272 kWh outdoor cabinet in every SAEV station.

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