Last Saturday, 7 November 2026, was Community Day: Home Assistant users met at local meetups all over the world. Andrej Friesen invited me to the one in Mönchengladbach to talk a little about evcc and how it fits into the Home Assistant ecosystem. I also brought a small model home that people could play with.
Jörg has been blogging about smart home, solar and electric mobility on meintechblog.de since 2011 and regularly streams on YouTube with the PV-Quartett, a group of fellow enthusiasts from the energy scene that he founded. At his home in Schwäbisch Hall a 100 kWh DIY battery, direct marketing of his solar power and three wallboxes run side by side, connected through MQTT, Loxone and evcc. Photographer Detlef paid him a visit.
Great news for Škoda drivers: Škoda is launching an official consumer API. Access works with a token that you create in the MyŠkoda app. We already support the new API.
On April 18, 2026, we met for the first evcc community meetup at the Osnabrücker Ruderverein rowing club. Around 40 participants joined us, coming from Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Some traveled all the way from Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.
The Solar Storage Systems research group at HTW Berlin has launched evcc-Crowdscience — a platform where evcc users can anonymously share their charging data for research purposes.
Alex is a driving instructor and has been using electric vehicles for driver training for years. With evcc, he controls two wallboxes for his private and company vehicles and is planning to integrate a Wolf heat pump for his 5-unit building. Photographer Detlef paid him a visit.
Your car constantly collects data – but you can’t access it. The EU Data Act, in effect since 12 September 2025, should change that. Reality looks different: Most car manufacturers offer no or very limited access.
We invite you to the first evcc community meetup! On 18 April 2026, we’ll meet in Osnabrück to get to know each other, exchange ideas, and have a barbecue together. The Osnabrück Rowing Club kindly provides us with their facilities.
A large boathouse, showers for dozens of rowers and lots of roof space: the Osnabrücker Ruderverein (ORV) has found a way to reduce energy consumption whilst becoming more independent from fossil fuels using solar power and evcc. Photographer Detlef paid them a visit.
Tobias transformed his house in Trebur in southern Hesse step by step from a gas heating household into a largely energy-independent smart home. Photographer Detlef visited and took photos.
We’ve gotten to know many users from the community over the past few months. Today’s portrait is a bit different: Photographer Detlef takes on the interviewer role and talks with Michael from the evcc Core Team.
The days are getting warmer. A good time for a new community portrait. This time, photographer Detlef visited Ulrike and Gunther in the beautiful town of Alzenau in Bavaria, Germany.
In our series of community portraits, photographer Detlef visited Olaf in North Rhine-Westphalia.
In our series of community portraits, photographer Detlef visited Andreas in Wettringen in the Münsterland region.
In our series of community portraits, photographer Detlef recently visited Bastian from Ahlhorn, Großenkneten.
This is the third post in our series of community portraits. Photographer Detlef visited Tjarko from Großefehn at the Gröönlandhof. In addition to great photos, there are also interesting insights.
This is the second post in our series of community portraits. Photographer Detlef visited Christian from Trebbin this time and took some great photos.
A couple of weeks ago, Detlef Heese from Osnabrück contacted us. He is a renowned photographer, electric car driver and owns a photovoltaic system. He offered to support the evcc project and provide us with professional photos. Therefore, at the end of last year, we started a call on GitHub to find interested users who would like to present themselves and their evcc setup for a community portrait. This blog post is the first portrait in this series.
