Key considerations for fleet electrification success

As the transportation industry undergoes a monumental shift toward electrification, trucking fleets are increasingly turning to electric vehicles (EVs) as a solution to reduce tailpipe emissions, manage operations costs and meet regulatory requirements. As the adoption of electric trucks accelerates, fleet managers are rapidly getting up to speed on budgeting for and scoping fleet electrification.

So, what’s needed to take a heavy-duty trucking fleet electric? Typically, the first components that come to mind are the EV chargers and the electric truck themselves. But one key element is often missed in the early stages of fleet electrification planning, proving later in the electrification project to be mission critical. This missing puzzle piece is managed charging.

What is managed charging?

While “smart charging” refers to the hardware—the physical chargers with wi-fi connectivity—managed charging takes this a step further by integrating cloud-based software that actively optimizes the charging process. Unlike simple smart chargers, which offer passive data visibility like current energy consumption or state of charge, managed charging uses this data to au…