Sound familiar?
The grid operator says no, or yes, in 18 months. Your fleet is growing now. Without smart charging there's no expansion; €100k–€1M of grid reinforcement is a capex question.
Finance asks for per-driver cost allocation. You say "give me a week of Excel." At 300 EVs that's no longer Excel work: it's a full-time job.
CSRD requires audit-grade emissions data by end-2026. Your current tool can't export a CSV your accountant accepts. Greenwashing risk lands at board level.
Capabilities that fit here.
“We're considering Maxem because they have native EMS. What's your counter?”
Honest answer: we don't have native EMS (yet). For a single depot where EMS is a hard requirement, Maxem is the better fit. Pick ihomer if you want to stay modular ( keep your own energy supplier, keep your own ERP integration ) and if hosting choice matters. Slim Laden covers EPEX and OpenADR; for deeper EMS we partner.