Nhau yeEVnSteven

Mota inopisa. Amai vari kufa. Strata council yakarambidza charging station yayo netsaona. Uye kusangana nemunhu akazova mudiwa webhizimusi neshamwari yepedyo.

Zita rangu ndiDavid Williston. Ndiri co-founder weEVnSteven. Izvi ndizvo zvakaitika pakutanga.

Ndisati afa, amai vakandipa mirairo mitatu: tora mari yavo, tenga mota itsva, uye bvisa murdercycle. Vakakurudzira Kia Soul — yaivada chaizvo. Ini handina kufarira. Asi vakandikumbira kuti ndiite test drive.

Test drive yakanditengesa. Gore rimwe chete pashure pekufa kwavo, ndakatenga tsvuku ndichirangarira amai.

Makore mana gare gare, modhi iyoyo yakazivikanwa semotokari inopisa. Ndakachengeta extinguisher mumusana. Handingatengesi Soul yangu, ndakaseka. Ndakazvireva.

Pa warranty paya paya kupera, ndakaenda nayo kuongororo yekupedzisira. Ndakagara mu waiting room ndikacherechedza chimwe chinhu pashowroom floor: muviri wakafanana, roofline yakafanana, mota yakafanana — asi sirivha, ne badge diki rinoti EV. Handina kuziva kuti Kia yaigadzira imwe. Ndakakumbira kuti ndiite drive.

Kukurumidza kusina kuoma. Hapana ruzha rwemotokari. Uye yaiva mota yake.

Ndakaudza salesman kuti handingatengesi Soul yangu.

Akaseka, ndokubva aita ma calculations. Federal incentives. Provincial incentives. Trade-in yakasimba pamotokari inozivikanwa nekupisa. Mutengo wakachena: $22,000 yeKia Soul EV 2019 itsva ine sunroof uye moyo wakachena.

Ndakaitenga ipapo ipapo. Zvichitevedza, ndakachinjisa Soul yangu. Saka ndizvozvo.

Mwedzi mishoma yapfuura ndakanga ndarenda unit mu42-unit chivako chitsva. Chidiki zvakakwana kuti chinzwe secommunity chaiyo, ndakafunga.

Paiva neEV charging station muparkade. Itsva. Isina kushandiswa. Yakagara ipapo sechirevo chidiki.

Mwedzi mishoma gare gare ndakava neEV. Ndakava nenzvimbo yekuchaja.

Kwemakore anenge maviri, zvese zvaienda zvakanaka.

Zvino vanhu vakatanga kuwana maEV.

Pakazosvika 2022 taiva nemaEV mana kana mashanu achigovana station imwe, vachironga kuburikidza nemashoko. Pedzisa na10. Yako mushure maizvozvo. Zvaishanda, zvishoma, nekushivirira uye rudo.

Ndainzwa strata ichitarisa. Ine shungu. Isingabvumirani. Charging station yaive pfungwa yemugadziri — chinhu chakanyorwa mubylaws yekutanga. Strata haina kukumbira uye haina kuda. Vazhinji vacho vaive vakwegura, uye vaiverenga zvakakwana zvekushambadzira kweindasitiri yepetroleum kuti vatende kuti kuchaja EV kwaikwevera magetsi ese echivako uye kwaikonzera mutengo mukuru kune wese munhu. Hazvina kudaro. Asi edza kuudza ivo izvozvo.

Saka ndakatanga kuunganidza data ndisati ndasangana nematambudziko. Ndakavaka Google Sheet. Ndakakumbira vavakidzani kuti vanyore nguva dzavo: zuva, saizi yebhatiri, kuchaja pakutanga, kuchaja pakupedzisira. Masvomhu aive nyore. Magetsi aidhura $0.125 pa kilowatt-hour. Bhatiri nguva percentage inoenderana ne kilowatt-hours. Kilowatt-hours nguva mutengo inoenderana nebill.

October total: $52.09 pakati pevavakidzani vatatu — yakaverengwa kusvika pachikamu chidiki. Yakapararira mu42 units, ndiyo $1.24 paunit. Mari yavaitya.

Spreadsheet iyi yaive mbeu. Handina kuzviziva panguva iyoyo, asi ndakanga ndatotanga kuvaka chigadzirwa. Spreadsheet yaishandisa battery delta — percentage pakutanga, percentage pakupedzisira, ita masvomhu. Zvaishanda, asi zvaiisa mutoro kuvagari kuti vanyore data ravo pachokwadi uye nemazvo. Hapana anoda kuita izvozvo nguva dzose.

Ndakazoziva kuti pane nzira iri nani. Simba rinodhonza rinoenderera kune mota yakabatidzwa pa outlet chaiyo. Nguva dzose. Izvi zvinoreva kuti hauzodi kuverenga bhatiri zvachose — unongoda nguva. Check in, check out, zvapera. Billing inozviverengera.

Panguva imwecheteyo ndakanga ndichitamba neFlutter, chikuva chitsva che mobile app. Uye ndakanga ndichifunga chinhu chimwe chete: mumwe munhu anofanira kuvaka app yeizvi. Check in, check out, tora bill yako. Hapana hardware yakakosha. Hapana station ine meter. Physics chete uye kuvimba kudiki pakati pevavakidzani.

Ndakafunga nezvazvo kwegore. Ndokuzosangana naMekonnen.

Akauya muFlutter subreddit pandakanga ndichipindura mibvunzo. Mibvunzo yake yaive yakajeka. Kufunga kwake kwaive kwakajeka. Code yake yakarongeka nenzira yaindiratidza: munhu uyu anofunga zvakadzama.

Aive nemakore 24. Achangopedza yunivhesiti muBahir Dar, Ethiopia — makiromita anenge 17,000 kubva kuVancouver Island. Akazvidzidzisa Chirungu kuti agone kudzidzisa mumwaka wezhizha uye awane mari yekutenga laptop yake. Hanzvadzi yake yakawedzera mari yaakachengeta. Iye zvino aive nezvishandiso zvekutanga basa re software engineer — kana mumwe munhu aikupa mukana. Makambani airambe. Vaiona kero yake vozosiya.

Kurasikirwa kwavo.

Ndakanga ndakanyarara. Ndakanga ndine nguva yakawanda. Mari shoma — kwete yakawanda. Uye aive mutengo wakaderera. Ndakasarudza kumuhaya kwevhiki imwe chete. Kuti ndimupe mukana.

Handina kutsvaga mushandi. Ndakanga ndichitsvaga chinhu chinonakidza kuita — uye ndakawana chimwe chinhu chiri nani.

Mekonnen akasvika pakufona kwedu kwekutanga nenguva chaiyo. Akazvibata zvakanaka. Ndakamuraira kuti azorore — hapana chakakomba, vanhu vaviri vachigadzira chinhu.

Vhiki rimwe rakava miviri. Miviri yakava mitatu. Makore matatu gare gare, ndiye mudiwa wangu webhizimusi. Haana kumbobvira aedza kushandisa mukana. Akauya zuva rega rega, nenguva, nyanzvi, uye aine kutenda kwechokwadi kwakaita kuti ndifunge kuti ndinotora zvinhu zvakawanda sezvazviri.

Takavaka maapp matatu ekuedza mumwedzi mitatu. Hapana yakava bhizimusi. Asi ndakaziva zvaigona kuita. Ndakanga ndine imwe pfungwa.

EV charging tracker. Ngatitange kuvaka.

Ndipo pakatanga EVnSteven.

Mwedzi mitanhatu kusvika mipfumbamwe gare gare taiva nechimwe chinhu chakagadzirira kushandiswa.

Tichiri kuvaka, chimwe chinhu chakasuruvarisa chakaitika pachivako changu. MaEV mashanu, station imwe, munhu wese achitumira mameseji kuronga. Ndokucherechedza chinhu chandainge ndapfuura nacho kazhinji: outlet yemadziro yakajairika padivi peparking yangu. Ndakangoibatanidza. Mangwanani, mota yakanga yazara kuchaja.

Ndakarega kushandisa station yakatsaurirwa zvachose.

Strata yakacherechedza. Ndakakumbirwa kutsanangura. Ndakaratidza mabhuku ebylaw. Hapana chakazvirambidza. Vakatarisa. Ndakanga ndakarurama.

Saka vakanyora patsva bylaw.

Chakatevera chaive chimwe chezviitiko zvinosemesa munhoroondo yehutungamiriri hwevagari. Bylaw itsva yakati Level 2 charging haibvumidzwi uye Level 1 wall outlets ndiyo nzira yakatenderwa mberi.

Vakanganisa mazwi. Level 1 iwall outlet. Level 2 station yakatsaurirwa.

Vakanga varambidza charger yavo netsaona.

Kuchinja bylaw kunoda Musangano Mukuru Wakasarudzika. Havana kuda kuuraya musangano. Vakazviwana vari nazvo kwegore rose.

Station yakatsaurirwa yakagara isina kushandiswa kwemwedzi gumi nemiviri — yakavharirwa nemutemo wechivako — ini ndichichaja nemufaro kubva paoutlet yangu. Vamwe vakatanga kushandisa charger yehurumende padhuze. Iyo inofanira kushandiswa nevashandi vehurumende chete.

Panguva imwecheteyo, strata imwe muBC yakaisa mubhadharo wemwedzi wega wega weEV charging. Mugari akapikisa. Dare rakati: pasina kuyera magetsi chaiwo akashandiswa, mubhadharo wakatarwa haungashandi. Zvivako zvinoda hardware ine meter — inodhura zviuru zvemadhora — kana software inotevera kushandiswa chaiko.

EVnSteven is software iyoyo.

Takaburitsa muna 2023. Vanhu vari kutanga kutitsvaga zvishoma nezvishoma, asi zvakaoma. MaEV achiri mashoma, uye tinoda munhu chaiye — ane EV, anogara muchivako chine dzimba dzakawanda, uye anofarira kuita chimwe chinhu pamusoro pekuchaja. Icho chikamu chidiki chevagari. Parizvino. Musika uri kukura gore rega rega uye isu tiri kukura nawo. Kuwana vanhu vakakodzera, panguva yakakodzera — ndizvo zvatiri kuita izvozvi.

Pakupedzisira ndakasiya chivako. Kukakavadzana kwakandikanganisa. Mamwe makanzuru anotungamirwa nevanhu vanosarudza kugadzira kusawirirana pane runyararo nerunyararo rwecommunity. Vanhu vanonyanya kuda EVnSteven havasi nguva dzose vanhu vari pedyo newe. Dzimwe nguva unofanira kuenda kure kuti uwane avo vakagadzirira.

Mekonnen zvino mudiwa wangu webhizimusi uye mumwe wevashevedzeri vangu vakanyanya. Tichiri kuvaka nekuvandudza. Dambudziko harina kupera — riri kukura gore rega rega.

EVnSteven iripo nekuda kwemota ine ngozi, chipo chepamubhedha, strata council yakarasikirwa nepfungwa, Google spreadsheet, uye kusangana nemunhu akazova mudiwa webhizimusi neshamwari yepedyo.

EVnSteven is software chete yeEV charging billing platform yemazvivako ane dzimba dzakawanda. Hapana hardware yakakosha inodiwa. Inoshanda neoutlet ipi neipi iripo kana Level 2 station. Inowanikwa pa iOS neAndroid.