In this highlight from Podcast #38, Philippe Vassilopoulos, Product Director at EPEX SPOT, explains why the future of Europe’s energy system depends on making both assets and consumers responsive to real-time price signals. As electrification accelerates across Europe and beyond, enabling demand-side flexibility becomes essential for a successful liberalised market.

Philippe outlines the need for reactive assets—from EV chargers to home energy systems—that can shift consumption intelligently based on price and grid conditions. EV charging is already moving in this direction, becoming a cornerstone flexibility resource.

He also shares a forward-looking, almost science-fiction vision: self-driving EVs dynamically relocating to support congested areas, charging when prices are low and discharging when they are high. While it sounds futuristic, Philippe argues that this scenario is far closer than many think.