“As businesses continue to increase their EV fleets, the planning models for these impacted circuits will have to be modified. Substations and distribution circuits will have to be upgraded to meet the needs. There are, however, digital technologies available to lessen this impact on the power delivery system. One of those is an advanced energy management system that takes advantage of machine learning and modern communications technology to charge more EVs with less infrastructure.”
Rackliffe resumed, “It does this by utilizing intelligent charger hardware with sophisticated software. The system allows the operator to replace the traditional practice of charging every vehicle as soon as they return to the depot, at the distribution center, and are plugged into the charging infrastructure. Instead, the system spreads the charging load over the entire timeframe the vehicle is at the distribution center.”
