Homes don't need more power.
They need control.

The intelligence layer for the OEMs, utilities, and builders electrifying past the panel's capacity. One platform. Every vehicle. No service upgrade.

For partners

OEMs, utilities, builders, and CPOs

A home charging platform automakers sell through the dealership, and a controllable load behind the meter for utilities.

See the partner playbook → For homeowners

Charge an EV without an electrical service upgrade

Your installer or dealer can order Variablegrid for you. No more upgrade quote. See how it works.

See how it works at home →
ChannelOfficial EV charging partner of Kia Canada
UtilityDemand response live with BC Hydro
Chosen by
BC Hydro
BC HydroUtility · Demand response
Kia Canada
Kia CanadaOfficial EV charging partner
Manulife Centre
Manulife CentreFlagship commercial deployment
Hypercharge
HyperchargeIntegration partner · TSXV: HC
Pacific Northern Gas
Pacific Northern GasUtility · Skye's Place trial
Metro Vancouver
Metro VancouverRegional government
Polygon Homes
Polygon HomesBuilder · Deep Cove reference
Reliable Electric
Reliable ElectricLead installer partner
Qualico
QualicoHomebuilder · Bailey
FirstService Residential
FirstService ResidentialProperty manager · 1111 Haro
Tribe Management
Tribe ManagementProperty manager · Hartford Lane
Quay Pacific
Quay PacificProperty manager · The Promenade
Dwell Property
Dwell PropertyProperty manager · Soma Lofts
Variablegrid Plus · For EV drivers

Get paid to charge.

Plus pays $0.10 for every kilowatt-hour you charge, at home or in your building's garage. That is about $360 a year for an average driver. Free to enrol, no points, no tiers.

See how Plus works →
$0.10
Per kWh
$0
To enrol
~$360
A year, average driver
01 · The Problem

The barrier to home charging is electrical capacity, not the car.

Half of North American homes can't run a fast Level 2 charger on the panel they already have. Most condos and multi-family buildings can't either. The grid was built for an earlier era of demand.

$4K-$30K
Per home · Service upgrade quote

The electrical service upgrade quote is what ends the EV conversation before it starts. Same story in condos, just at building scale.

01

EVs add about a third to a home's electricity use

Every EV sold needs a charging plan. When a home's electrical wiring can't take a new EV charger, it can be a deal breaker. Variablegrid turns “Can I charge at home?” into a ready answer at the dealer desk, so buying the EV is the easy part.

02

Heat pumps and induction add more load

Electrification compounds the same problem on the same panels.

03

Utilities can't build their way out

Demand flexibility is now the cheapest capacity. Variablegrid delivers it on the customer side of the meter.

02 · Solutions

One platform. Every home.

One software stack underneath. Three configurations and an open API, for the home or building you have.

Homeowners

VarianHOME

Single family

Smart home charging that turns your existing electrical panel into a Level 2 EV station, no service upgrade required. Available nationally through Kia Canada.

For EV buyers at the dealership
Buildings

VarianPRO

Multi-family · Commercial · Fleet

Patented EV Energy Management System that turns existing electrical capacity into charging for every parking space.

For property managers, CPOs, and fleets
Hybrid

VarianSENSE

Townhouse · Multi-tier

Hierarchical coordination that protects both the individual panel and the shared site service, so every home in a complex can charge.

For builders and townhouse developments
Integrations

VarianAPI

Utilities · OEMs · CPOs

Standard APIs that connect Variablegrid to the systems your EV, building, or charger network already runs on.

For utilities and platform partners
03 · See it work

Add appliances. Watch what happens.

A 100A panel with a 48A EV charger. Click household loads on the left and watch the charger adapt: full draw when there's room, dialed down when there isn't.

Your panel, in real time

The EV charger wants 48A. The breaker trips at 100A. Toggle Variablegrid on and watch it dial the charger down to prevent breaker tripping.

Step 1 Click loads to add to your panel

Watch the meter react →
Base household
5A
EV charger
48A
Central AC
15A
Dryer
23A
Range / oven
25A
Dishwasher
10A
0A25A50A75A100A
80% · CEC
Trip · 100A
0%25%50%75%100%
0A/ 100A panel
Within limit
Live · EV charger
RS48 48A J1772 / NACS
Delivering full request
48A
Click loads to the left to add them to the panel. Base household load is always on. The EV charger is plugged in and requesting 48A.
04 · How it connects

Patented load management makes legacy infrastructure smart.

No new service wires. The panel you already have, plus a sensor and a controller that talk to your charger and your car.

01

Plug in

A Variablegrid charger installs onto the panel you already have. No new service wires. No service upgrade.

02

We measure

Our sensor measures exactly how much electricity your house is using, continuously, without touching your wiring.

03

We balance

When the house has room, the charger pulls full speed. When it doesn't, we dial it down to prevent breaker tripping. The car still charges.

Sense. Compute. Control.
Closed loop, in seconds, on the panel you already own
Existing
100A PanelNo upgrade
varian HOME CONN. Wi-Fi Net STAT. Ctrl EV SENSORS L1 L2
Variablegrid
VarianHOMESense + Compute
VARIABLEGRID 11.5 KW CHARGING · 48A MODEL RS48
L2 charger
RS4811.5 kW · J1772 + NACS
Vehicle
EVJ1772 / NACS
01
Measure at the panel
02
Decide in seconds
03
Throttle the charger
Patented load management · CSA certified
05 · For partners

Built with the people putting EVs in driveways and parking spaces.

Variablegrid partners with automotive OEMs, utilities, electricians, fleet operators, property managers, and the charge point operators behind them.

Automotive OEMs

Home charging sold through the dealership channel. Variablegrid is the official EV charging partner of Kia Canada, with VarianHOME offered at point of sale.

Live · Kia Canada

Utilities

A controllable load on the customer side of the meter. Coordinated charging flattens local peaks, and drivers can always override.

Live · BC Hydro

Property Managers

EV charging for every stall in your building without a service upgrade or a billing headache. We handle load balancing and resident billing. Your electrical contractor handles the install.

VarianPRO · Multi-family

Fleet Operators

Real-time control over every depot charger, automatic off-peak optimization, and the confidence that every vehicle is ready when the shift starts.

Depot + last-mile ready

The Electrical Industry

EV charging as an easy add to your service mix. We bring the platform, the training, and the load management that lets you say yes to buildings other contractors turn down.

Installer network · Canada-wide

CPOs & Integrators

The EVEMS platform turns constrained electrical service into deliverable charging capacity, expanding the addressable market for your hardware, your network, or your integration services.

VarianAPI · Standard endpoints
"
The VarianPro EVEMS has allowed us to install 80 EV charging outlets for owners without the need for a costly upgrade to our electrical service. We have the comfort of knowing that as the need arises, Variablegrid's solution will allow every owner who wants a charger to install one.
★★★★★
Peter K.
Property Manager · Cates Landing · 80 stalls deployed
"
The ability to set charging priorities and adapt to energy demands in real-time has enabled us to install more chargers than we thought possible.
★★★★★
Jackie K.
Property Manager
"
Variablegrid's EVEMS has been a pivotal addition to our service offerings and added a new, profitable revenue center.
KS
★★★★★
Kevin S.
Installation Partner
"
Variablegrid removes the cost and infrastructure barriers for EV adoption.
DS
★★★★★
David S.
Director of Strategic Planning · Kia Canada
06 · For homeowners

Charge an EV at home. Skip the upgrade.

Most homeowners shopping for an EV get quoted four to thirty thousand dollars for a service upgrade. Variablegrid makes the panel you already own smart enough to charge at full speed without one.

50%
Of North American homes can't add a fast L2 charger without an electrical service upgrade
Variablegrid eliminates the upgrade for most of them. Same 48A charger, same 11.5 kW, on the panel you already have.
  1. 1
    Buy an EV through a Variablegrid OEM partner Available nationally through Kia Canada at point of sale. More OEMs coming.
  2. 2
    A licensed electrician installs VarianHOME and your RS48 charger Installed on your existing panel. No service entrance changes, no permits beyond a standard EV charger install.
  3. 3
    Charge at full speed, every night Variablegrid measures the panel in real time and gives the charger every amp the house isn't using, to prevent breaker tripping.
Talk to our team →
07 · The hardware

The brain that makes your panel smart.

VarianHOME mounts beside your existing panel and turns it into a smart, responsive system. Sensing, decision-making, and charger orchestration in one weatherproof device.

varian HOME CONNECTIVITY Wi-Fi No Wi-Fi adapter Initializing Ready Internet No Ethernet cable Connecting Connected Mobile App No Internet Connecting Connected STATUS Controller Configuration needed Initializing Operating Time-of-Use delay EV Chargers Waiting for controller Waiting for chargers Chargers connected SENSORS Unconstrained Charging load Sensor fault Constrained Charging load Overload 5V DC 2.0A L1 L2

Continuous sensing on both legs of your service. Real-time orchestration of the EV charger. Time-of-use scheduling, demand response, and over-the-air firmware updates that keep installed units current without a service call.

Pairs with the Variablegrid RS48 Level 2 charger as a complete home install, or with any compatible EV charger via standard OCPP control signals. Designed and built in Toronto.

Power
5V DC2.0A
Connectivity
Wi-Fi+ Ethernet
Sensing
L1 / L2CT clamps
Pairs with
RS48+ standard OCPP
Updates
OTAfirmware
Made
TorontoCanada
08 · Calculator

Will your panel fit an EV charger?

Run your numbers in the interactive calculator. Add your appliances, see your remaining capacity, and see exactly how much room Variablegrid gives you back.

Try the calculator →

APM is Adaptive Power Management, the Variablegrid platform that measures your panel in real time and sizes the EV charger to the room that's left.

Official partner · Kia Canada

Buy it where you buy your EV.

VarianHOME is the official EV charging solution offered through Kia Canada dealerships. Order it at point of sale, have it installed by a licensed electrician, and skip the electrical service upgrade.

Find your Kia dealer →
AvailabilityNationwide in Canada
InstallLicensed electrician
ServiceNo upgrade required
Available at Kia
Order VarianHOME at point of sale.
09 · Impact

Electrification without the service upgrade.

Avoided service upgrades, deferred grid build-out, and electrified homes that wouldn't have been.

250,000
Tonnes CO₂e a year, projected to be avoided by 2030
National
OEM channel via Kia Canada
Patented
Load management
Projection based on Adaptive Power Management deployments across homes, townhouses and multi-unit buildings by 2030. Equal to taking about 60,000 gas cars off the road.
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 Canadian Manufacturing
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 Electrical Business
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 Power & Telecom
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 Vancouver Tech Journal
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 Environment Journal
Environment Journal2026 Foresight 50
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 CDL
Creative Destruction LabPortfolio company
 SWAN
SWAN Impact NetworkInvestment announcement
 CoMotion
CoMotion GlobalSpeaker · Dan Lafferty
10 · Team

The team.

Variablegrid has offices across Canada and a national OEM channel.

Dan Lafferty

Dan Lafferty

Co-Founder · CEO
Dee Murphy

Dee Murphy

Chief Operating Officer
Su-Nam Kim

Su-Nam Kim

VP of Finance
Let's talk

Book a partnership call.

OEM channel, utility program, building portfolio, or installer network. Tell us what you're trying to electrify and we'll send the right person on our side.

Book a 30-min call → Or get started as a homeowner
Emailsupport@variablegrid.com
Phone1-800-645-2314
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