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Fast Amps are an ambitious start-up based in the local Shrewsbury area, they provide simple electrical vehicle chargers in an industry that has overcomplicated this infrastructure. Their core belief it that complexity gets in the way of the adoption of electric vehicle technology.
With their product developed it needed a partner app that would allow homes to control the charging of their vehicle. This was designed and built but lacked a few finishing touches that were needed to be a useful addition to electric vehicle driver’s houses.
Shoothill’s in-house creative team set about working on a re-design of the app to improve the overall ease of use of the app. The app was functional, however, it required too many touches to do simple things such as enabling charging and it lacked short cuts to improve useability. A series of tweaks and changes like this enhanced the speed of use of the app, reduced time to learn app navigation and enhanced accessibility. The designers also added a series of modest tweaks to the aesthetic qualities of the app, in order to modernise the app’s design.
The development team at Shoothill worked on a technical element to the app as well, the addition of Wi-Fi. Wi-Fi is incredibly useful in the world of electric vehicle charging. Through the technology its easy-to-get information and commands, to and from different devices. This could be to enable a car to start or stop charging. A similar result can be achieved through Bluetooth, in the case of cars where often there are multiple users within a house – it can cause problems with command overlap and connectivity. As a result, it was necessary to get this Wi-Fi system up and running.
Edd Rayner, Operations Manager at Fast Amps said: “The Shoothill team has been great to work with, their unique skillset made them a perfect fit for this project. Blending design, software development and engineering very few businesses would be able to tackle this challenge, Shoothill took it in their stride.”
Erik Nodland, Chief Technology Officer at Shoothill said: “The Shoothill team worked with the team behind the product to connect the app to the devices, a combination of coding and engineering that very few companies have the skills to perform.
As a true full-service digital technology provider, we’re equipped to take on challenges such as this”.
