Ready for departure.
Work backwards from the next shift and the energy each vehicle needs.
EV FLEET CHARGING
Ready for work.
Charged with a plan.
Get vehicles ready for their next shift while making better use of your depot’s power and charging hours. Start with the timetable your operation needs to keep.
- Available depot power
- Shared charging capacity
- Energy for each vehicle
WHO IT’S FOR
Van fleets, depot operators and commercial vehicle teams.
START WITH
Vehicle energy needs, departure times and available site power.
THE NEXT STEP
A charging and capacity assessment built around your operation.
THE THREE THINGS THAT MATTER
The shift. The power.
The price.
Charging must support the operation. Cost and flexibility opportunities fit around the vehicles, rather than deciding when they can leave.
Stay within site capacity.
Share charging power while leaving room for the depot’s other electrical loads.
Use the available hours.
Compare tariff windows and charging flexibility without compromising readiness.
TRY YOUR DEPOT
Will charging fit
the time available?
Move the sliders to compare energy needed with available charging capacity. This first check uses a common charging window for all vehicles.
YOUR CHARGING WINDOW
hours needed
- Energy needed by vehicles
- Electricity needed at the chargers
- Time remaining / shortfall
Illustrative capacity check. Assumes constant shared power, equal availability and the selected efficiency. Individual charger limits, charge tapering, staggered arrivals and reserve requirements need a vehicle-level plan.
- Available capacity
- Scheduled charging windows
- Departure readiness
A PRACTICAL FIRST STEP
Understand the depot
before adding equipment.
A connection limit does not tell the whole story. Vehicle dwell time, charging power and other site loads determine how much work the connection can support.
We start with the existing chargers and operating data. Any proposed controls, integration, fallback arrangements and delivery responsibilities are agreed before implementation.
Prepare your fleet briefBUILD AROUND THE OPERATION
Useful today.
Ready to assess what’s next.
Solar and storage.
Assess whether generation or a battery improves the charging plan and commercial case.
Fleet growth.
Test additional vehicles and new shift patterns against the power and time available.
Eligible grid services.
Consider flexibility income only where equipment, programme terms and the operational schedule support it.
FLEET QUESTIONS
Keep the operation
in control.
Can you work with our existing chargers?
That depends on the charger model, management platform, available data and control permissions. We check the integration route before recommending a change.
Will vehicles export electricity?
Charging optimisation can change when vehicles consume power. Vehicle-to-grid export is a separate capability requiring compatible vehicles, chargers and agreements.
Will this guarantee lower bills?
No. The assessment compares your tariff and operation with realistic alternatives. Any savings depend on when charging can move and the complete costs of the service.
What information should we prepare?
Vehicle count, shift and departure times, charger models, electricity bills and the depot connection limit. Charging records help refine the plan.
THE PRACTICAL DETAILS
From vehicle schedule to depot design
Start with departure readiness
List the vehicles, arrival and departure times, energy needed for each route and the reserve drivers must have. A plan based only on total daily energy can miss the van that arrives last and leaves first. Group vehicles by operating window and test the busiest day you reasonably expect.
Check a shared charging windowWork with the power the site can spare
Subtract other site loads from the connection capacity available during the charging window. Then check the practical limit of the chargers and vehicles. Six vans that each need 30 kWh need 180 kWh at their batteries. At 90% charging efficiency, that is about 200 kWh from the supply. At a steady 30 kW available to the fleet, it takes about 6 hours and 40 minutes.
Read the government connection guidanceUse scheduling before adding capacity
A managed schedule can share the site limit, favour earlier departures and use cheaper tariff windows where possible. Check what happens if a vehicle arrives late, a charger fails or the depot briefly needs more power. Build the fallback into the operating plan and agree who can override it.
Connect fleet charging with site energyBring the right details to a first review
Share the timetable, vehicle and charger models, meter data, site power limit and expected fleet growth. The first decision is whether the current setup can meet the schedule. From there, compare controls, additional bays, on-site storage or a connection change.
Prepare your fleet briefYOUR NEXT STEP
Plan for the next shift.
Tell us about your vehicles, depot and departure times.