diff --git a/assets/js/components/Loadpoint.vue b/assets/js/components/Loadpoint.vue
index 2fe96f110..62a0fe62e 100644
--- a/assets/js/components/Loadpoint.vue
+++ b/assets/js/components/Loadpoint.vue
@@ -244,8 +244,19 @@ export default {
 		socBasedCharging: function () {
 			return (!this.vehicleFeatureOffline && this.vehiclePresent) || this.vehicleSoc > 0;
 		},
+		knownVehicle: function () {
+			return !!this.vehicleName;
+		},
+		vehicleHasSoc: function () {
+			return this.knownVehicle && !this.vehicleFeatureOffline;
+		},
 		socBasedPlanning: function () {
-			return this.vehicleSoc > 0 && this.vehicleCapacity > 0;
+			// TODO: deduplicate business logic. see also: socBasedPlanning() in loadpoint.go
+			return (
+				this.knownVehicle &&
+				this.vehicleCapacity > 0 &&
+				(this.vehicleHasSoc || this.vehicleSoc > 0)
+			);
 		},
 	},
 	watch: {