Bridgestone & Webfleet debut EV Services Platform

Bridgestone Mobility Solutions, the Bridgestone business focused on data-driven mobility solutions such as Webfleet, has debuted what it calls the “world’s first comprehensive EV Services Platform for fleets.” It describes this EV Services Platform as a “unique ecosystem that integrates solutions of industry leading mobility and energy providers into a single platform.”

Businesses with fleets will have access to a wide range of advanced EV services easier, faster and with a lower cost of integration accelerating fleet electrification and optimising EV operations.

The platform creates a seamless connection between these various service providers based on fleet and energy data. Webfleet, Bridgestone’s fleet management solution and launch partner for the EV Services Platform, will provide essential vehicle data insights that enhance the EV services provided by connected partners. The end result for fleets is a “one-stop shop for a simple and successful electrification journey.”

Six key pillars

This unique ecosystem organises its services into six key pillars, making it easy for customers to choose the ideal combination for their specific electric vehicle (EV) goals:

Charging Hardware and Software: Have experts provide your charging infrastructure according to your fleet’s needs. Monitor and analyse performance of your private chargers

Smart Charging: Reduce costs by avoiding peak loads and high energy tariffs, and lower emissions by utilising renewable energy.

Energy Management: Receive expert guidance on your energy infrastructure and efficient energy management for your vehicles and buildings.

Battery Analytics: Ensure fleet safety and reliability with alerts for battery issues. Improve vehicles’ residual value with reports on battery health.

Planning: Plan orders and optimise for electric fleets, considering energy, charging, battery, and route constraints.

Fleet Management: Run your EV operations reliably and optimally based on real-time vehicle data and insights on driver behaviour and energy consumption.

Solving challenges to electrification

“As businesses across the world step up to cut carbon emissions, electrification is top of mind for many fleets,” says Taco Olthoff, EV program director, Bridgestone Mobility Solutions. “But the route to electrification comes with challenges – high investments, maintaining a reliable operation and optimising your business to increase range and cut costs. These issues can only be solved when the energy and mobility industry collaborate. For EV service providers the goal is to integrate in a scalable way to properly address the challenges fleet customers face.

“Seamless data exchange is the missing link – the thing that unlocks the full value that energy and mobility service providers can deliver by integrating their systems much closer than ever before. This is why our EV Services Platform is such a game changer. A fleet manager can, for example, get range information to allocate the most suitable vehicle to get a specific job done. This trip information can then be shared with their charging management provider to select which vehicle should be charged and when based on the required battery level and trip schedule.”

Leading players in energy & mobility industries connecting EV services

Fleet customers will be able to seamlessly share data between any of the connected EV service providers to streamline electric fleet operations. Users will always stay in full control of their own data, deciding which data will be shared, when and how.

Many prominent energy and mobility service providers have already announced their commitment to integrating with the EV Services Platform this year. These providers include:

Energy service providers:

Eaton: Power expert transforms sites into energy hubs with EVCI, storage, and energy management.

The Mobility House: 360° charging solution provider for fleets including smart charging and energy management system.

VEV: Experts in the design, build and operation of EV fleets across vehicles, charging and energy.

Heliox: A range of fast-charging and scalable solutions tailored for heavy-duty electric vehicles.

CTEK: High quality, safe EV chargers since 2009.

Bia Power: Forecasting, monitoring and optimisation for electric vehicle charging.

Recoy: A Heliox company that provides smart charging and energy management solutions for light and heavy commercial vehicles.

Mobility service providers:

TomTom: The location technology specialist

Simacan: End-to-end supply chain optimisation.

Volytica: Independent and manufacturer-agnostic battery diagnosis.

Webfleet: Europe’s number one fleet management solution.

Azuga: Leading fleet management solutions in North America.

Complete range of services

The platform is open to other partners in the e-mobility ecosystem with the goal of offering a complete range of services to fleets in a way that is flexible to their business needs.

EV service providers that would like to integrate their offerings on the EV Services Platform and enhance their services using fleet and energy data can become an EV Services Platform Partner by registering at: https://www.webfleet.com/en_gb/webfleet/partners/ev-service-network/ .