Elvah & Reuss: Charging app with special conditions for taxi drivers

A charging app, which allows you to navigate to presumably reliable charging stations using photos, is offered by the company elvah GmbH, located in Grafschaft, to fleet customers such as taxi and rental car companies. Its headquarters is in Berlin and one of the managing directors works from Hamburg, leading to a collaboration with the local taxi retrofit company Funkanlagen-Elektronik Heinz Reuss GmbH.

The charging app is expected to be usable at around 250,000 charging points across Europe. According to its flyer, Reuss offers it for 3 euros (prices excluding VAT) per month per driver, slow charging at 0.46 euros per kilowatt-hour at AC charging stations, and fast charging at 0.58 euros per kilowatt-hour. These conditions apply across Europe without a blocking fee. With fast charging, you can also use the IONITY stations at this price. The same conditions are listed by elvah on its homepage for fleet customers (flotte.elvah.de). Upon inquiry from taxi today, the company stated in early March 2023 that no price adjustments are currently planned.

Users of the app and their companies receive a detailed charging history, and the companies receive a detailed monthly invoice. It lists who charged where, for how long, and how much with which vehicle. The collaboration started after registration can be canceled on a monthly basis.

A special feature of the charging app is the elvah score. The company collects data in real-time during charging processes and evaluates the charging stations based on the criteria of comfort, popularity, reliability, and user experience. The drivers can rate their own experiences in the app, and elvah automates the collection of all other data from the charging points, the company says. The reliability score provided in the app allows users to estimate how reliable the nearby charging points are.