01Ebooks & reports
The longer things — models, templates and market orientation
Each of these exists because operators kept building the same spreadsheet or asking the same set of questions. They are written to be used, not skimmed.
zevOS · PDF, with the models worked through
The CPO Business Toolkit
The three models every charging operator ends up building anyway
A unit-economics model, a site-selection scorecard and an uptime SLA template — with the assumptions written down instead of buried in cells.
For founders and commercial leads at charge point operators
zevOS · PDF
The State of EV Charging in India
An operator’s orientation to the market, the policy and the hardware
Where the vehicles actually are, which segments are electrifying fastest, what the policy landscape requires, and what that means for where you put chargers.
For operators, investors and corporate strategy teams
zevOS · PDF, including the SLA template
The Uptime Playbook
Measuring, defending and improving charger availability
Why the industry’s uptime numbers are not comparable, how to compute one that is, and the operational habits that move it.
For operations leads and field-service managers
zevOS · PDF, with the sizing worked through
The Fleet Electrification Handbook
Depot charging, duty cycles and cost per kilometre
For fleet operators moving from diesel: sizing the depot, managing the load, attributing the energy and knowing what it actually costs per km.
For fleet, logistics and transport operations leaders
zevOS · PDF, including the cutover checklist
The Charging Platform Migration Playbook
Moving a live network without losing a session or a driver
Every operator eventually changes platform. This is the sequence that keeps the chargers earning while it happens.
For operators running a live network on another platform
zevOS · PDF, with the load sizing worked through
Charging in Apartment Buildings
The handbook for residential societies and the operators serving them
Shared parking, one sanctioned connection and a managing committee. The hardest charging environment in India, and the largest.
For operators, developers and society managing committees
zevOS · PDF
Home Charging as an Operator Product
Turning private chargers into a managed service
Home charging is where most energy is actually delivered. Very few operators have a product for it.
For operators, oems and utilities considering a home offering
zevOS · PDF, including the scoring sheet
What to Demand From a Charging Platform
An evaluation checklist written from the buyer’s side
A hundred and ten questions to put to any charging platform, including the ones vendors would rather you did not ask. Ours included.
For anyone running a platform selection or renewal
zevOS · PDF, with worked integration patterns
Building on a Charging API
Integration patterns for operators with engineering teams
Six integrations that come up repeatedly, what each takes, and the failure modes to design for before you meet them.
For engineering and product teams at charging operators
zevOS · PDF, with the pricing model worked through
The Tariff Design Workbook
Pricing charging on evidence rather than instinct
Most operators set one rate and never revisit it. This is the workbook for the ones who want to price properly.
For commercial leads and founders setting or revising pricing
zevOS · PDF, including the clause checklist
The Site Partner Agreement Handbook
Revenue sharing that survives its second year
Site partnerships fail on ambiguity, not on percentages. This is what the agreement has to say.
For operators signing hosts, and hosts being signed
zevOS · PDF, including the commissioning checklist
The Field Operations Manual
Commissioning, triage and the cost of a van
The marginal cost of a charging network is field dispatches. This is the manual for cutting them.
For operations leads, field technicians and installers
zevOS · PDF, including the term sheet checklist
Roaming: The Commercial Guide
What to settle before the credentials handshake
The technical side of roaming takes a day. The commercial side is where the value and the risk both sit.
For commercial leads at cpos and emsps
zevOS · PDF, including the report outlines
The Charging Data Handbook
The numbers that run a network, and how to trust them
Utilisation, realisation, availability and failed sessions — what each means precisely, and how each is derived.
For operations and finance teams, and anyone reporting to a board
zevOS · PDF, including the site scorecard
The DC Corridor Playbook
Highway charging where throughput is the whole business
Corridor sites are a reliability business first and a pricing business second. This is how they are run.
For operators building or running highway and forecourt sites
zevOS · PDF, including the model responses
The Security & Compliance Pack
Answering the questions procurement will ask
Charging platforms hold money, driver identities and remote control of physical infrastructure. Here is how to evidence that you handle all three properly.
For operators facing enterprise or public-sector procurement
Rather just talk it through?
Most of what is in these documents we are happy to walk through directly, applied to your own numbers.