Integrating Charging Into Fleet Management
April 9, 2025
Leading experts from US Foods, First Student, Penske, and Geotab provided valuable case studies on designing a charging operation that maximizes uptime through effective planning and technology integration. The discussion explored the nuance of fleet charging software considerations, hardware interoperability, and key lessons that leading operators of the nation’s largest projects apply to run their equipment.
Watch the recording to learn:
- How to develop a charging plan, who is involved and assigned specific responsibilities (ie driver, techs, facility manager) to ensure vehicles are fully charged when needed
- How to utilize telematics software for planning, vehicle and charging operations management, and monitoring readiness and health of the chargers and fleet
- What types of training and investments are needed for drivers, maintenance teams, other techs, and facility managers
- How to plan for least-cost charging during lowest cost time of use windows, around peak time of use windows, and to minimize or avoid demand charges
- How to prepare for and respond to outages vis a vis onsite parts and technical expertise, partnerships with third party maintenance or EVSE providers, backup vehicles and other options
- How to plan for and utilize distributed energy resources to reduce cost via load shifting and/or to provide backup power during scheduled and unscheduled electricity outages
- When to consider third party charging management support instead of in-house management
