A Home Assistant custom integration that monitors EV charging stations from evaround.me and shows chargers within a specified radius of your Home Assistant home location.
- Live EV charging data from evaround.me (UK EV charging stations)
- Radius-based filtering — show stations within a configurable distance of your home
- Rich sensor data including cheapest station, average price, station count, distances, and connector availability
- Connector type filtering — filter by Type 2, CCS, CHAdeMO, Tesla Supercharger, or any
- Power filtering — only show chargers above a minimum kW rating
- Binary sensors for automations: stations available, low price alerts, fast charging nearby, connectors available
- Full station list in attributes for template scripting and advanced automations
- Price threshold configuration to trigger automations when cheap charging is available
- Supports both metric (km) and imperial (miles) units based on your Home Assistant settings
- Open HACS in Home Assistant
- Go to Custom repositories
- Add
https://github.com/matthewgall/homeassistant-evfinderand select Integration as the category - Click Install
- Restart Home Assistant
- Copy the
custom_components/evfinder/directory to your Home Assistantcustom_components/directory - Restart Home Assistant
- Go to Settings > Devices & Services
- Click Add Integration
- Search for EV Finder
- Configure the following options:
| Option | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Search Radius | Maximum distance from your home location | 10 km / miles |
| Update Interval | How often to refresh data (seconds) | 600 (10 minutes) |
| Low Price Threshold | Price below which to trigger the low price alert | £0.50/kWh |
| Minimum Power | Minimum charger power in kW (0 = any) | 0 |
| Connector Type | Filter by connector type | Any connector |
The integration creates the following sensors:
| Sensor | Description | Example State |
|---|---|---|
sensor.evfinder_cheapest_ev_charger |
The cheapest station and its price | Pod Point £0.299/kWh |
sensor.evfinder_ev_stations_in_range |
Number of stations found | 24 |
sensor.evfinder_nearby_ev_stations |
Summary of nearby stations | 24 stations, 12 available, best £0.299/kWh |
sensor.evfinder_average_ev_price |
Average price per kWh across all stations | 0.450 |
sensor.evfinder_distance_to_cheapest_ev |
Distance to the cheapest station | 2.3 km |
sensor.evfinder_available_ev_connectors |
Total available connectors in range | 45 |
sensor.evfinder_fastest_ev_charger |
Highest-power station in range | Tesla Supercharger 250 kW |
sensor.evfinder_nearest_available_ev_charger |
Nearest station with free connectors | BP Pulse (1.2 km, 3 free) |
All sensors include rich attributes for scripting. The EV Stations in Range sensor includes:
all_stations— full list of all stations with provider, price, distance, coordinates, connectorsstation_1throughstation_10— top 10 stations as individual attributesaverage_price,best_price,home_latitude,home_longitudetotal_connectors,total_available,total_in_use
The Nearby EV Stations sensor includes:
stations_by_provider— stations grouped by provider namecheapest_by_provider— the cheapest station for each provider
| Sensor | Description |
|---|---|
binary_sensor.evfinder_ev_stations_available |
On when any stations are in range |
binary_sensor.evfinder_low_ev_price_available |
On when charging below your threshold is available |
binary_sensor.evfinder_fast_charging_nearby |
On when a fast charger is nearby |
binary_sensor.evfinder_ev_connectors_available |
On when any connectors are free |
automation:
- alias: "Cheap EV charging alert"
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.evfinder_low_ev_price_available
to: "on"
action:
- service: notify.mobile_app_phone
data:
title: "Cheap EV charging nearby!"
message: >
Charging from {{ state_attr('sensor.evfinder_cheapest_ev_charger', 'provider_name') }}
at £{{ state_attr('sensor.evfinder_cheapest_ev_charger', 'price_per_kwh') }}/kWh
({{ state_attr('sensor.evfinder_cheapest_ev_charger', 'distance_display') }} away)automation:
- alias: "Navigate to nearest charger"
trigger:
- platform: state
entity_id: binary_sensor.evfinder_ev_connectors_available
to: "on"
action:
- service: notify.mobile_app_phone
data:
message: "click"
data:
action: "URI"
uri: >
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=
{{ state_attr('sensor.evfinder_nearest_available_ev_charger', 'latitude') }},
{{ state_attr('sensor.evfinder_nearest_available_ev_charger', 'longitude') }}automation:
- alias: "Daily EV report"
trigger:
- platform: time
at: "08:00:00"
action:
- service: notify.mobile_app_phone
data:
title: "Morning EV update"
message: >
Cheapest: {{ states('sensor.evfinder_cheapest_ev_charger') }}
Average: £{{ states('sensor.evfinder_average_ev_price') }}/kWh
Stations: {{ states('sensor.evfinder_ev_stations_in_range') }}
Available connectors: {{ states('sensor.evfinder_available_ev_connectors') }}type: markdown
content: >
{% set by_provider = state_attr('sensor.evfinder_nearby_ev_stations', 'stations_by_provider') %}
{% for provider, station_list in by_provider.items() %}
**{{ provider }}**: {{ station_list | length }} stations
{% endfor %}{{ state_attr('sensor.evfinder_nearby_ev_stations', 'cheapest_by_provider')['Pod Point'].price_per_kwh < 0.35 }}- Home Assistant 2024.1.0 or newer
- Internet access to reach evaround.me
- Home location configured in Home Assistant
- evaround.me primarily covers UK EV charging stations. If your Home Assistant is located outside the UK, you may see limited or no results.
- Pricing data is provided by the network operators via evaround.me and may not always be available for every station.
- Connector availability is live data and can change between updates.
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