Add an autocharge vehicle

The Add autocharge vehicle action adds a vehicle to the Peblar charger’s autocharge list. Once added, that car authorizes itself as soon as it is plugged in: the charger recognizes the identifier the car’s own controller presents, so no card or app is needed.

Try it yourself

Ready to test this? Open Settings > Tools > Actions, search for this action, fill in the fields, and select Perform action. You see what happens on your actual entitiesAn entity represents a sensor, actor, or function in Home Assistant. Entities are used to monitor physical properties or to control other entities. An entity is usually part of a device or a service. [Learn more] without writing a line of YAML.

Using this action from the user interface

If you prefer building automations and scripts visually, Home Assistant walks you through this action step by step. You pick what to target, tweak a few options, and save. No YAML knowledge required.

To add a vehicle from an automation or a script:

1. Go to Settings > Automations & scenes.
2. Open an existing automation or script, or select Create to start a new one.
3. In the Then do section, select Add action.
4. From the search box, search for and select Peblar: Add autocharge vehicle.
5. Under Peblar EV charger, select the Peblar charger to add the vehicle to.
6. Enter the EVCC ID of the vehicle.
7. Enter an Alias to identify the vehicle, for example, the name of the car.
8. Select Save.

Options in the UI

Using this action in YAML

If you work directly in YAML, or you want to know exactly what Home Assistant does under the hood, this section has the technical reference. It lists the field names you use in YAML, their types, and which ones are required.

In YAML, refer to this action as peblar.add_vehicle_token. A basic example looks like this:

action: peblar.add_vehicle_token
data:
  config_entry_id: "01234567890abcdef01234567890abcd"
  evcc_id: "NL-ABC-0123456789-1"
  alias: "The blue one"

Options in YAML

Good to know

• Only administrators can run this action.
• To find a vehicle’s identifier, plug the car in and look it up in the charger’s local web interface, which shows the last vehicle it saw.
• A vehicle is added as authorized, so it can charge straight away.

More examples

Real scenarios where this action shows up in automations and scripts. Copy any example and adapt it to your setup.

Automation: add a vehicle when an input text is updated

When you update an input text helper with an identifier and a name, automatically add that vehicle to the charger.

triggers:
  - trigger: state
    entity_id: input_text.new_vehicle_evcc_id
actions:
  - action: peblar.add_vehicle_token
    data:
      config_entry_id: "01234567890abcdef01234567890abcd"
      evcc_id: "{{ states('input_text.new_vehicle_evcc_id') }}"
      alias: "{{ states('input_text.new_vehicle_alias') }}"

Still stuck?

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