Dynamic Tariffs includes time-dependent tarrifs, clarification of documentation

[gijs007]

The "dynamic tariffs" term is a bit confusing, as this wording can be associated with dynamic energy prices (e.g. from Tiber or other energy providers). Instead of time-fixed energy prices, which are still commonly used.

Furthermore, the dynamic tariffs page does not include time-depended charging in the initial description of this feature: "If you have an electricity tariff with flexible electricity prices like Tibber or Awattar , you can optimize your network charging with evcc."

Only at the bottom of the page the description mentions: "If a time-dependent or dynamic electricity tariff is configured, the planning algorithm automatically selects the cheapest hours for charging." Users who don't take the time to read the whole page, might think that the Time-dependent pricing is not used to optimize the charging (and instead is only used to calculate the pricing).

On a side note: The Charge Planner page also refers to the term Dynamic Tariffs, but doesn't mention that Time-dependent charging is included here.

[naltatis]

@gijs007 thanks for this feedback. Are you talking about https://docs.evcc.io/en/docs/devices/tariffs or the still untranslated Feature pages https://docs.evcc.io/en/docs/features/plans and https://docs.evcc.io/en/docs/features/dynamic-prices ?

[gijs007]

I'm referring to the untranslated feature pages, I used Google Translate for this. I assume the German text is in essence the same ;)

[naltatis]

Ok, thanks for the clarification.