Guys, can we stay on the topic? if you have your own solution winth node-red or home assistant, that’s perfectly fine, use it like that.
But that is not helping our discussion here.
It’s understandable that if you need to pay for the api access, you have to charge the users for it.
Does that mean that users that provide their own data (ev battery level, …) get the DESS integration for free ?
It’s bit more complicated than only ev battery soc. So probably not.
EU data act makes data available for free. Other areas might be case-by-case. This feature cannot require much more than SOC data, maybe a few more minor details but that’s it.
On the other hand, I am sure that the ready-made 3rd party integration engine Victron uses costs something. To keep things simple, I understand that everyone needs to pay for it at least in the beginning.
This is a very good step into the integrated energy system.
Looking forward to it!
At this moment, the BMW integration does not work, it does not want to Link nothing happens, but my vw car we can just add?
Is this a known ‘feature’?
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Yes, I use it too. I’m curious to see whether this will also be taken into account in DESS and in the consumption forecast.
Hi
I LOVE the Victron ecosystem because the robustness, scalability and flexibility along with the fact that once you pay for the hardware it is free of charge. If this is a paid feature I wouldn’t be interested. I just changed the EVCS to AC iN with batteries only covering critical charges. Now it is just a question of using excess solar to charge and/or scheduled charges to use the lowest tariff overnight. I am not interested is charging my EV from ESS batteries as they are well scaled to feed home charges. Charging the car from ESS batteries would just add inefficiency and premature aging of my batteries. So auto and scheduled modes work great for me after setting EVCS in AC IN
Hi @juanjoc , if you found a way to charge your car efficiently yourself, then of course paying for this feature makes little sense.
The main benefit of the feature is for users with dynamic energy contracts, where tariffs fluctuate, also at night. If you have an variable energy contract where you have a flat rate the whole night, scheduling the EVCS to run at night solves the case for you 
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Hi @Lpopescu is there any known fix/workaround to get the Mini integration working? The link button seems to do nothing, and for other brands it opens the manufacturer’s portal. Tried it both on PC (Debian 13 + Opera and Firefox) and the Android App
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Hi, my colleagues will check. Thanks!
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Hello Lucian,
at VRM, suddenly I didn´t have actual vehicle data. In fact only at main page SOC and km range was missing, in advance section the data were still correctly shown.
So I tried to switch off and on the data synchronization. And I tried to unlink vehicle and now I cannot link my car any more - msg: “something went wrong”. Any troubles with the VRM volvo EV link reported?
Does it have to do with BMW stopping API support for 3th parties?
BMW actually allows integration in the EU based on the EU Data Act.
CarData Customer Portal - this is the official BMW procedure to get it working. Posting it here, maybe it helps @Lpopescu. I think the same applies for Mini as the main page mentions BMW and Mini as more or less of a single entity: https://www.bmwgroup.com/en/innovation/connected-car/cardata.html
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Hi @Mr.Orange,
The issue has been looked into and should be resolved. Could you try linking your EV again?
Hi there, I have the same problem to link Volvo car as was once solved already in past. But now is not working again - tried several days. My VRM id: 237500
Hi @Frantisek ,
This should be working again now.
Yes, work again. Thank you for lightning-like support 
Is it correct that the connection to Ford is not working yet ?!
I’m stuck in a loop as in the picture..
Hi @pd3jcw ,
Yes, the Ford integration is not yet functional. We are working on fixing this.
Kind regards,
Lucian
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