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asked 2026-10-02 08:04:19 -0500

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updated 2026-10-02 09:18:08 -0500

Aaron Boranian

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Has anyone figured out how to add a custom load for electric vehicles? It'd be great to analyze a PV array and battery storage for electric vehicle use and charging based on electric consumption of the vehicle and average daily mileage.

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answered 2026-10-06 16:52:01 -0500

shorowit

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updated 2026-10-06 16:52:46 -0500

EV charging is something we're looking to add in a future version.

In the meantime, if you manually calculate the annual kWh/yr consumed by the EV at the house, you could enter it as e.g. a dummy Freezer option. You would probably also want to create a new option in the Freezer Schedule category to reflect when the charging occurs.

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