Charging Management, allows transport companies to efficiently manage the private charging of their electric trucks at the home-depot. The service contributes to increased productivity and uptime, by ensuring that the trucks within a fleet are sufficiently charged for planned operations and by reducing the number of unplanned charging sessions.
On the platform, the haulier can create charging plans which determine when vehicles are expected to start charging and reach full battery levels. Deviations to the plan are notified to the user to avoid low battery level. The service provides a visual overview of the charging process of the trucks, with battery level and charging status shown. Charging session reports on vehicles as well as chargers are available for follow-up.
“Charging is a key area when operating an electric truck. As a transport company, you want to make sure that your trucks are charged and ready when it’s time for the next transport mission. Following up the charging process is also important to be able to see if there are deviations. This service helps the haulers with all of this,” says Johan Östberg, Electromobility service owner at Volvo Trucks.
Last year, Volvo Trucks launched Volvo Open Charge, a service that assists hauliers in finding and accessing public charging stations. It’s possible to pay for charging via the tool at the stations where Volvo has a partnership.
Within the near future, booking of charging time will be possible via the tool, which will allow hauliers to optimise their charging planning. The Volvo Open Charge service has been launched in Sweden and the Netherlands, and other countries in Europe and other parts of the world will follow.
Charging Management and Volvo Open Charge are both part of Volvo Connect, Volvo Trucks’ interface for digital services for all customers.
