NRGkick
nrgkick
The NRGkick integration allows you to monitor the NRGkick mobile EV charger (Wallbox) by DiniTech with Home Assistant. It enables real-time monitoring of charging status, tracking energy consumption, controlling charging behavior, and integrating EV charging data into the Home Assistant energy dashboard.
In Apple Home through HomeKit Bridge
What HomeKit Bridge makes of each kind of entity this integration creates, read from its source code. A device only gets the ones that apply to it.
| Entity | Shows up as | Note |
|---|---|---|
switch | Switch or outlet | |
binary_sensor | Sensor (motion, contact, leak, smoke…) | |
sensor | Sensor (temperature) | |
device_tracker | Presence (as an occupancy sensor) |
What people report
NRGkick Gen2 works via its local JSON API. App-only features like solar charging are not exposed.
- Works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NRGkick Gen2 Smart Cable / Flexible Wallbox | Works Local | Monitoring and controls via local JSON API; SIM models add GPS trackerSaved copySupported devices: NRGkick Gen2 (Smart Cable / Flexible Wallbox). Limitations: The integration can only expose monitoring data and controls that are available through the NRGkick local JSON API. Settings and features that are only available in the NRGkick app and are not exposed through the local JSON API cannot be managed from Home Assistant (for example, time-controlled charging, solar … SIM-specific entities, such as cellular sensors and the GPS device tracker, are only available on SIM-capable models because only those devices provide that data. Excerpt saved from home-assistant.io on 2026-10-23. | Docs |
Gathered from GitHub issues, pull requests, discussions and docs, and from r/homeassistant. These are individual reports, so check the linked thread and the date before you buy.
How it connects
Local polling
Talks to the device on your network, asking it for updates every so often.
Found automatically over
- Bonjour (zeroconf)
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 267 (0.04%) |
|---|---|
| Quality scale | Silver |
| Added in | Home Assistant 2026.2 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @andijakl |
Devices listed in its documentation
- NRGkick Gen2 (Smart Cable / Flexible Wallbox)
Limitations from the docs
- The integration can only expose monitoring data and controls that are available through the NRGkick local JSON API. Settings and features that are only available in the NRGkick app and are not exposed through the local JSON API cannot be managed from Home Assistant (for example, time-controlled charging, solar …
- SIM-specific entities, such as cellular sensors and the GPS device tracker, are only available on SIM-capable models because only those devices provide that data.
In ReReHome
Whatever HomeKit Bridge shares reaches Apple Home as normal HomeKit accessories behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls them like any other.
Bridges get their own settings page listing the accessories behind them.
