01Ebook

The Fleet Electrification Handbook

Depot charging, duty cycles and cost per kilometre

18 pagesPDF, with the sizing worked throughUpdated 15 May 2026

What you get

Takeaways

How to size a depot connection against duty cycles rather than nameplate charger capacity
The load-management arithmetic that avoids a sanction upgrade
Attributing energy cost per vehicle and per route
Handling opportunity charging on public networks under one account

Contents

01
Starting from the duty cycle
Working backwards from route energy and departure schedules to charging requirements, rather than forwards from charger specifications.
02
Sizing the connection
Why depots are the worst case for diversity, and what load management is worth in demand charges avoided.
03
Authorisation without payment
RFID, driver and vehicle groups, local authorisation lists, and why a depot must keep charging when the network does not.
04
Cost per kilometre
Attributing session energy to vehicles and routes, and joining it to telematics data.
05
Charging away from the depot
Opportunity charging on public networks, roaming, and keeping it on one invoice.

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An operator’s orientation to the market, the policy and the hardware

Measuring, defending and improving charger availability

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