# How do I make my EV Charger app to be able to show up as a charger in the energy tab?

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**Created:** [January 20, 2026, 9:35am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-do-i-make-my-ev-charger-app-to-be-able-to-show-up-as-a-charger-in-the-energy-tab/149626 "2026-01-20T09:35:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Magellan58](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/magellan58/32/16839_2.png) [@Magellan58](https://community.homey.app/u/Magellan58)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 9:35am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-do-i-make-my-ev-charger-app-to-be-able-to-show-up-as-a-charger-in-the-energy-tab/149626/1 "2026-01-20T09:35:07Z")

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Im developing an app to control a Monta connected EV Charger (Monta is a backend solution for charging networks and they allow you to connect your private charger without any cost).

I have a prototype where all the basic functions are in place, so I can control the charger and it delivers data to my apps capabilities and I have used the device class evcharger.

But my problem is that it won’t show up as a EV Charger in the graphics on the energy tab.

Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![martijnpoppen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/martijnpoppen/32/84849_2.png) [@martijnpoppen](https://community.homey.app/u/martijnpoppen)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 10:10am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-do-i-make-my-ev-charger-app-to-be-able-to-show-up-as-a-charger-in-the-energy-tab/149626/2 "2026-01-20T10:10:52Z")

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@Magellan58 Did you check this? [Energy | Homey Apps SDK](https://apps.developer.homey.app/the-basics/devices/energy#ev-chargers-1)

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**Author:** ![Magellan58](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/magellan58/32/16839_2.png) [@Magellan58](https://community.homey.app/u/Magellan58)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 11:14am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-do-i-make-my-ev-charger-app-to-be-able-to-show-up-as-a-charger-in-the-energy-tab/149626/3 "2026-01-20T11:14:11Z")

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Yes, I have read that, but now when I looked closely to my driver.compose.json I realized that I had put the energy object “inside” the capability options. Now everything works as expected.

Thanks for having me looking into that again!