Turn Parking Time into Charging Time
Your customers are already parking at your business. Give them somewhere to charge while they shop, exercise, work, dine, attend an event or enjoy your facilities.
IA Charger supplies EN+ commercial EV charging hardware combined with Evchargo Cloud, providing a complete solution for customer charging, user activation, billing, remote management, reporting and Dynamic Load Balancing.
Offer EV charging as a customer benefit, recover your electricity costs or create an additional revenue stream from your parking spaces.
Why Choose EN+ for Destination EV Charging?
Make EV Charging Part of the Customer Experience. Destination charging works differently from rapid roadside charging. The driver isn't necessarily stopping simply to charge. They're visiting your business for another reason and using the time their vehicle is already parked to recharge. EN+ combines commercial charging hardware with Evchargo Cloud, providing charging-station management, user management, transaction management, billing and financial management and load-balancing functionality.
Attract EV Drivers
Give EV-driving customers another practical reason to choose your destination.
Remote Management
Monitor charging infrastructure without needing staff permanently managing the chargers on-site.
Monetise Charging
Recover electricity costs or operate EV charging as an additional paid service.
Scalable Infrastructure
Start with the number of charging points you need today and expand as customer demand increases.
Flexible Access
Control who can use your chargers and how charging sessions are activated.
Irish Support
EN+ technology backed by IA Charger's Cork-based support for customers and electrical contractors.
Destination Charging Hardware + Software
The Right Charger Depends on How Long Your Customers Stay
A customer spending three hours at a golf club has very different charging requirements from a driver stopping briefly at a busy commercial location.
That's why destination charging shouldn't automatically mean installing the highest-powered charger available.
EN+ provides AC and DC charging options that allow the charging infrastructure to be designed around customer dwell time, vehicle numbers, available site power and the commercial objectives of the location.
The Right Charger Depends on How Long Your Customers Stay
A customer spending three hours at a golf club has very different charging requirements from a driver stopping briefly at a busy commercial location.
That's why destination charging shouldn't automatically mean installing the highest-powered charger available.
EN+ provides AC and DC charging options that allow the charging infrastructure to be designed around customer dwell time, vehicle numbers, available site power and the commercial objectives of the location.
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EN+ AC Charging
7kW / 11kW / 22kW. AC charging is ideal for destinations where customers remain parked for longer periods. Restaurants, gyms, golf clubs, leisure facilities, workplaces, shopping destinations and visitor attractions can allow customers to recharge while using their facilities.
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EN+ NANO Duo
The EN+ NANO Duo is particularly suited to destination charging. One unit can provide 1 x 22kW or 2 x 11kW simultaneously, allowing two customers to charge from one unit. That makes it a strong option where maximising the number of available charging connections is important.
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Daisy-Chain Connectivity
As destination charging expands, installation infrastructure becomes increasingly important. The NANO Duo and Argo Pros' daisy-chain approach allows power and data to be extended across multi-charger installations. Daisy Chain Power & Data - Save Time and Money.
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EN+ DC Charging
Faster Charging Where It's Needed. Where customers have shorter dwell times, EN+ DC chargers provide higher charging power for locations where faster charging is required. This allows a destination charging project to be designed around how customers actually use the site rather than applying the same charging solution everywhere.
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Evchargo Cloud
Manage Your Charging Network. Evchargo Cloud allows operators to manage charging stations and monitor charger status, users and transactions remotely. Charging-station information and operational status can be viewed through the management platform.
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Billing
Make Charging Pay. Where paid charging is required, Evchargo provides billing, financial and transaction-management functionality. This allows the operator to treat EV charging as a managed commercial service rather than simply providing uncontrolled electricity.
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RFID & User Management
Control Access. Manage authorised users and RFID cards through Evchargo Cloud. This can be particularly useful where the same charging infrastructure needs to accommodate different groups of users.
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Reporting
Understand How Your Chargers Perform. Monitor transaction and operational information to understand how frequently chargers are being used. Evchargo provides individual and total transaction information across charging stations, together with operational reporting.
Turn EV Charging into a Customer Service — or Revenue Stream
You Decide How Customers Charge. Some businesses want EV charging to be complimentary. Others want to recover their electricity and infrastructure costs. Others want charging to generate revenue. A connected commercial charging system gives you the flexibility to choose the model that works for your location.
Activate a Charge Session
CONNECT
Driver Plugs In. The customer parks in an EV charging bay and connects their vehicle.
CHARGE
Usage Is Recorded. The charging session and transaction information are recorded through the connected management platform.
ACTIVATE
Start the Charging Session. The customer activates the charger using the access method configured for the site.
MANAGE
Track Charging Activity. The operator can monitor transactions and charging activity through Evchargo Cloud. Evchargo provides transaction information across the charging stations managed by the operator.
EV Charging Doesn't Have to Be the Reason They Visit
A customer may visit because they want to shop, exercise, play golf, attend an event or use your facilities. Being able to charge their EV while they're already there adds another practical service to that experience.
It Can Be Another Reason They Choose You
For businesses competing for customers with similar destinations nearby, convenient EV charging can become another consideration when an EV driver decides where to stop. This is a better commercial message than claiming that EV charging automatically increases footfall or dwell time.
CHOOSE YOUR CHARGING MODEL
Provide EV charging as an added-value customer service.
Free Charging
Operate the chargers as a commercial service and generate charging revenue.
Paid Charging
Cost Recovery
Charge users to help recover the electricity and operating costs associated with providing EV charging.
Manage different categories of users according to how you want the charging facility to operate.
Different User Groups
Where Can Destination EV Charging Work?
Shopping centres, golf clubs, gyms, sports clubs and stadiums, visitor attractions, leisure centres, commercial car parks, business parks, supermarkets and event venues can all use destination EV charging to add value for customers already parked on site. Looking for hotels, workplaces or fleet depots instead? See our Hospitality, Workplace and Fleet EV charging pages.
Dynamic Load Balancing for Destination EV Charging
More Charging Points Without Ignoring Your Site's Electrical Limits
One of the challenges when expanding destination charging is the electrical capacity required by multiple EV chargers.
Installing ten 22kW charging connections does not necessarily mean all ten vehicles need to receive 22kW simultaneously.
EN+ Dynamic Load Management allows the charging network to respond to the electrical capacity available at the site.
The EN+ technical material describes load balancing as adjusting charging output according to available electrical infrastructure, helping maximise charging output or increase the number of charging points that can operate within limited distribution capacity while preventing overload and power trips.
HOW IT WORKS
1. MONITOR
The EN+ Load Balance Controller monitors site electrical consumption.
2. CALCULATE
The system determines the capacity available for EV charging within the configured site limit.
3. DISTRIBUTE
Available charging power is distributed across the connected chargers.
4. ADJUST
Charging output can respond as the electrical demand elsewhere on the site changes.
EN+'s commercial solution monitors total site consumption in real time and manages charging power according to available capacity.
MAKE BETTER USE OF AVAILABLE POWER
Imagine a leisure facility with 12 charging spaces.
At 6pm, the building itself may be experiencing high electrical demand while several customers have connected their vehicles.
Later in the evening, building demand may fall.
Dynamic Load Management allows the EV charging network to work within the site's available electrical capacity rather than simply allowing every charger to demand maximum power simultaneously.
For destination charging, where vehicles often remain parked for significant periods, intelligently distributing available power can provide a much more scalable approach.
Your Car Park Can Grow Without Every Charger Demanding Maximum Power
Destination EV Charging FAQs
What is destination EV charging? Destination EV charging allows drivers to recharge their vehicle while visiting somewhere for another purpose. Rather than stopping specifically to charge, the vehicle is charged while the driver shops, works, exercises, eats, attends an event or uses the facilities at a destination. Because vehicles can remain parked for longer periods, AC charging is particularly well suited to many destination-charging applications.
Can I make money from EV chargers at my business? EV charging can be operated as a paid service where the appropriate billing infrastructure is configured. Evchargo provides transaction, billing and financial-management functionality, allowing charging activity to be managed through the backend platform. Whether you choose to generate revenue, recover your electricity costs or provide complimentary charging is a commercial decision for your business.
What type of EV charger is best for destination charging? It primarily depends on how long customers remain at the destination, the number of vehicles expected to charge and the site's available electrical capacity. AC charging at 7kW, 11kW or 22kW can be suitable where vehicles remain parked for longer periods. Higher-powered DC charging may be more appropriate where drivers require substantially faster charging during shorter visits. Some commercial sites may benefit from a combination of AC and DC charging.
Can two cars charge from one EN+ charger? The EN+ NANO Duo provides two charging connections and can deliver 2 x 11kW simultaneously or 1 x 22kW, making it particularly suitable for commercial destination charging. For larger car parks, multiple NANO Duo units can form part of a multi-charger installation.
Can customers and staff use the same EV chargers? Yes. A commercial charging installation can support different categories of users. Evchargo provides user and RFID management together with transaction and billing functionality, allowing access and charging activity to be managed through the platform. The charging setup can therefore be designed around the way the business wants customers, staff and other authorised users to access the infrastructure.
Do I need Dynamic Load Balancing for destination chargers? Not necessarily for every installation, but it becomes increasingly valuable as the number of charging points increases or where spare electrical capacity is limited. Dynamic Load Balancing allows charging power to be managed against the capacity available at the site rather than assuming every connected charger can operate at maximum output simultaneously. This can be particularly important when planning for future expansion.
How many EV chargers should I install? There isn't one correct number. A business should consider existing EV demand, expected future demand, average customer dwell time, parking availability, charger utilisation and available electrical capacity. It can also make sense to plan the infrastructure for future expansion even if only a smaller number of charging points are installed initially. EN+ Dynamic Load Management can form part of that scalable approach.
Tax Relief & Funding for Destination Charging
Investing in destination charging? Tax relief may be available.
Qualifying EN+ equipment may attract 100% tax relief in year one under Ireland’s Accelerated Capital Allowance (ACA) scheme, and government destination schemes can support some sites. Eligibility depends on your business and the equipment purchased — confirm with your accountant or tax adviser.
100% YEAR-ONE RELIEF
Qualifying businesses can potentially deduct 100% of eligible equipment cost in year one under the ACA scheme.
EV CHARGING IS ELIGIBLE
SEAI lists EV charging equipment as an eligible category (minimum spend €1,000). Triple E requirements apply.
BIK-FREE STAFF CHARGING
The same bays can serve customers and staff — BIK-exempt where available to all employees and directors.
GOVERNMENT SCHEMES
Sports club and en-route schemes (Pobal, TII) run in rounds — ask us whether one is open for your site.
Turn Your Car Park into an EV Charging Destination
Whether you need two charging connections outside a golf club, customer charging at a gym or retail premises, or a larger multi-charger commercial car park, IA Charger can help you design the right EN+ solution. We'll help you consider charger type and power, customer activation, billing, Evchargo Cloud management, Dynamic Load Balancing and future expansion.
EN+ Hardware. Evchargo Software. Irish Support.