ASKO – All-in with e-Mobility for Commercial Fleets 

The K2 Mobility team has been working with the ASKO team since the beginning of their electrification journey, fine tuning its PANION Charging software solutions to the realities of a busy fleet operation. The PANION software connects to the telemetry of the vehicles, to the charging infrastructure as well as to the transport management system in real time. It processes all available information about upcoming tours, available resources like grid capacity and charger outlets and devises specific timebound yet dynamic charging plans linking trucks with charger outlets, power ratings, and charging durations that fit perfectly with all the constraints of the fleet and the site. Connecting the plans with the vehicles on the road enables the algorithm to automatically adjust the charge plans to the fleet operations be these delays, accelerations, or reassignment to another charger and outlet in response to the needs of the fleet or the realities of the charger infrastructure or grid connection. Such changes trigger notifications to all involved stakeholders – the driver, the dispatcher, the yard personnel and everyone else who needs to know. Having invested millions to enable its logistics sites for e-truck distribution, ASKO was concerned about the low level of asset utilization. It addresses this by opening its infrastructure for e-trucks from neighboring and partner fleets to request and schedule chargers in accordance with the operational needs of the third party fleet while respecting the priorities of ASKO as the host operator. Opening the charger infrastructure for third parties not only improves the utilization of the charger infrastructure but also further improves the economics of commercial e-mobility, helps accelerating the transition to e-mobility throughout the industry and stabilizing the load on the grid networks.