Optimize performance and costs
Efficient e-depots require a comprehensive approach to managing their operation and costs. Our e-Depot software packages provide everything you need to operate, protect, and maintain your charging infrastructure at the highest performance level.
Your benefits at a glance
Electromobility plays a key role in making the transportation sector more sustainable. With our comprehensive eMobility approach and our complete hardware and digital portfolios, you can rest assured that you’ll meet the needs of your customers – whatever kind of fleet you have.
Digital solutions for best-in-class efficiency
With our digital software solutions, all operating data are centrally available, and charge control is at your fingertips. You’ll also profit from enhanced operational transparency, reduced energy costs, increased availability, and smooth integration.
Operational Overview
Stay informed at all times by connecting your chargers to view the complete live status and performance of the charging operations in one application.
- Live monitoring of the charger status
- Detailed troubleshooting views
- Detailed Charge Reports
- Export records via API
Automated Notifications
Decrease response times by managing incidents end to end with event driven notifications which can be integrated into your existing operations systems.
- In-app notifications of charger errors
- Automated email alerts from events
- Export details via API
Smart Charging
Save costs and protect your charging operations using advanced load management techniques.
- Load share between chargers
- Set maximum power levels for charger groups
- Utilize multiple control groups
- Prioritization algorithms (First In First Out, First In Last Out, SPLIT, Round-Robin)
AI enabled adaptive optimization
Ensure that the charging schedule is always the optimum, all day, every day.
Included in March release:
- AI driven optimization
- Live monitoring of actual vehicle schedule
Reduced grid connection
Reduced the grid connection by sharing power between chargers and over time periods in an optimal manner.
Included in March release:
- Total power optimization taking into account
- depot schedule, energy prices, charger details, vehicle details
Decrease your CO2 emissions and reduce grid dependency with renewable generation and storage.
Included in March release:
- Tailored integration services from concept to delivery
- Integration with microgrid controllers
Reduced energy costs
Reduced the energy costs for charging by moving charging schedules from on-peak electricity to off-peak electricity.
Included in March release:
- Energy cost optimization taking into account
- depot schedule, energy prices, charger details, vehicle details
API Integration
Seamless integration of the charging management system with your operations using REST API interfaces.
- Tailored integration services from concept to delivery
- Integrating with business systems, telematics partners, depot operations and others
Remote resets
Reduce maintenance visits and safeguard your schedule by clearing charger faults remotely.
- Remote reboot of the chargers
- Access-controlled
Stay informed at all times by connecting your chargers to view the complete live status and performance of the charging operations in one application.
- Live monitoring of the charger status
- Detailed troubleshooting views
- Detailed Charge Reports
- Export records via API
Decrease response times by managing incidents end to end with event driven notifications which can be integrated into your existing operations systems.
- In-app notifications of charger errors
- Automated email alerts from events
- Export details via API
Save costs and protect your charging operations using advanced load management techniques.
- Load share between chargers
- Set maximum power levels for charger groups
- Utilize multiple control groups
- Prioritization algorithms (First In First Out, First In Last Out, SPLIT, Round-Robin)
Ensure that the charging schedule is always the optimum, all day, every day.
Included in March release:
- AI driven optimization
- Live monitoring of actual vehicle schedule
Reduced the grid connection by sharing power between chargers and over time periods in an optimal manner.
Included in March release:
- Total power optimization taking into account
- depot schedule, energy prices, charger details, vehicle details
Decrease your CO2 emissions and reduce grid dependency with renewable generation and storage.
Included in March release:
- Tailored integration services from concept to delivery
- Integration with microgrid controllers
Reduced the energy costs for charging by moving charging schedules from on-peak electricity to off-peak electricity.
Included in March release:
- Energy cost optimization taking into account
- depot schedule, energy prices, charger details, vehicle details
Designed to maximize the uptime of your electrified fleet
Our Depot CONNECT digital software solution helps you maximize your uptime while reducing CAPEX and OPEX. Depot CONNECT lets you benefit from enhanced operational transparency, reduced energy costs, increased availability, and smooth integration, with all operating data and charge control at your fingertips.
Load-shaving with Depot CONNECT
Without smart charging, the charging operations are uncontrolled and start whenever buses are plugged. This results in power peaks above the depot’s maximum power capacity. Depot CONNECT allows you to set power limits for charger groups and gives you a smart-charging, load-shaving approach to protect the power capacity of your e-Depot.
Load-shifting with Depot CONNECT
Without smart charging, buses will start uncontrolled charging as soon as they plug in. As a result, power peaks can occur when electricity is most expensive. Depot CONNECT allows you to set power limits for charger groups and shift loads to times when consumption is less expensive, reducing the operational costs of the fleet.
Dynamic scheduling of charging operations
Depot CONNECT provides the right prioritization algorithms for optimized charging regardless of the layout of your e-Depot. FIFO, FILO, SPLIT, or Roundrobin – the algorithms ensure that the defined maximum power capacity is never exceeded and that available power is dynamically distributed to all connected vehicles.
Optimize the charging and cost control of your electrified fleet
Complementing our digital software solutions in the Depot CONNECT package, Depot CONTROL offers adaptive charging control based on schedule, power constraints, and energy prices – to put energy-efficient and dynamic optimization of e-fleet charging at your fingertips. In addition automated preconditioning of the passenger cabin is integrated into the charging control enabled through VDV261.
Dynamic replanning based on the actual situation
Demand charges caused by uncontrolled charging reduced by 50 percent thanks to an optimized charging plan in Depot CONTROL.
High energy costs resulting from uncontrolled charging at times of unfavorable time-of-use energy prices can be reduced by 40 percent with an optimized charging plan in Depot CONTROL.
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eMobility Customer Service
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